Legal Opinion

Special School District No. 2 v. Special School District

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 16, 1914PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; J ames D. Shaver, Chancellor; The intention of the Legislature was, we think, that the proviso to the statute as amended should apply only where the city limits were extended so as to include a portion of the territory of a common school district.

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Appeal from Miller Chancery Court; J ames D. Shaver, Chancellor; The intention of the Legislature was, we think, that the proviso to the statute as amended should apply only where the city limits were extended so as to include a portion of the territory of a common school district. After the passage of the act providing for the creation of rural special school districts there remained no necessity for such territory where it had already been created into a special school district adjacent to a city or town to be annexed to the urban special school district. 102 Ark. 414; 48 Ark. 307; 100 Ark.…

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.

The territory within the limits of the city, of Texarkana was formed into a single or special school district many years ago, pursuant to the statutes of this State; and in the year 1910 appellant, Special School District No. 2 of Miller County, was formed into a rural special school district pursuant to the act of the General Assembly of 1909 authorizing such district to be formed out of rural territory. The south boundary line of Special School District No. 2 was then the north boundary line of the city of Texarkana, but since then part of the territory of Special School District No. 2 has…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. School District v. West Hartford Special School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
  3. Norton v. Lakeside Special School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  4. Beavers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
  5. Livingston v. School Dist. No. 7 of Brookings Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Lemaire v. HendersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  2. Krause v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
  3. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Hagler Special School District No. 27Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
  4. Hughes v. RobuckSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
  5. School District No. 25 v. Pyatt Special School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927

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