Balson v. Joint County School Committee

Appellants contend that the order of the joint committee is valid because it did not affect School District No. 11, town of Calumet. They recognize that, “Competition between statutory proceedings which cannot both succeed has been resolved by a rule that ‘the movement first started has the right of way.’ ” They argue, however, .in effect, that by omitting School District No. 11 from the order of November 20th, the joint committee has yielded the right-of-way to the proceeding before the, municipal boards.

In our view, however, the matter is controlled by the provisions of sec. 40.025 (1),…