People ex rel. Board of Education of Pembroke Community Consolidated School District No. 259 v. Davis

These consolidated cases involve, as the sole question to be determined, the interpretation of Section 27, Article 13, Chapter 122, Illinois Revised Statutes, 1955, which reads as follows:

“Distribution Of Funds Resulting From Liquidation Of Permanent Funds. Any funds received as the result of the liquidation of the permanent funds belonging to any school township shall after the payment of the necessary expenses connected therewith be apportioned and distributed to the school districts or parts of districts of such township in which schools have been kept as required by law during the…