Hofer v. Bridgewater Independent School District

Defendants are the Bridgewater Independent School District No. 18 of McCook County and the members of its board of education. Plaintiffs are resident taxpayers of the district. The complaint alleges that on March 22, 1956, plaintiffs filed a petition with the County Board of Education of McCook County seeking the detachment of all territory situate outside the corporate limits of the City of Bridgewater from defendant independent school district and its inclusion in adjoining common school districts; that at an election held on March 23, 1956, in defendant district, for the purpose of voting…