Wells v. Board of Education of Mercer County

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The Board of Education of Mercer County has ordered the Fairview elementary school closed and assigned the pupils to schools at Cornishville, Salvisa and Mc-Afee. The patrons of the Fairview school and taxpayers of the community instituted this suit to enjoin that action. The complaint describes the conditions and injurious consequences, as the plaintiffs claim. They rest their case upon the grounds of unreasonable and arbitrary action on the part of the Board. Upon a large record the circuit judge expressed his views, both of the facts and of the law, and his conclusion…