Joint School District No. 1 v. Joint County School Committee of Buffalo

The issue on this appeal is whether the failure to comply with the statutory requirements with respect to service of the notice of hearing upon the clerk of the town of Eau Galle, and the sending to such clerk by registered mail of a certified copy of the Joint Committee’s order, are jurisdictional defects which rendered the order void.

*440The key statute in resolving the issue with respect to the failure to give notice of the hearing to the town clerk is par. 1 of sub. (1) (d) of sec. 40.025, Stats., which provides:

“(d) Jurisdiction acquired pursuant to par. (a) is lost:

“1. Upon failure of the…