Joint Union Free High School District No. 1 v. Union Free High School

The learned trial court held that no area was added to the Wilmot district by the order of May 25, 1949, because the statutory procedure prescribed by sec. 40.30, Stats., and followed by the school committee was applicable only to common school districts and did not authorize the creation or alteration of high-school districts in this manner. Consequently, the trial court considered that the new area did not legally become part of the Wilmot high-school district and never acquired a standing which would entitle it to a division of assets under the provisions of sec. 66.03. We cannot agree…