Halvorsen v. School District No. 44

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court entered on June 3, 1957, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

On September 18, 1956, a petition was presented to the County Board of Freeborn County, signed by more than 20 percent of the freeholders of Common School District No. 84, Freeborn County, to have the boundary lines of that school district changed so that it would be annexed to Independent School District No. 44, an adjacent district in that county. On December 18, 1956, the Freeborn County Board granted the petition. An appeal was then taken to…