People ex rel. Koontz v. Emmerson

The circuit court of Wayne county denied leave to the -People to file an information against appellees, the board of education of Fairfield Community High School District No. 225, and rendered judgment for costs against the relators, Charles Koontz and ten others, citizens, residents and tax-payers of the school district.

The petition for leave to file the information was presented to the judge in vacation on March 8, 1923, and charged, in substance, that the territory comprised within the pretended district did not consist of compact and contiguous territory as defined by the decisions of…