State ex rel. Laird v. Gang
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Towner County; Morgan, J. Application by Robert J. Laird for a peremptory writ of mandamus to. compel John Gang, as county superintendent of schools to call, an election in Greenfield township for the purpose of electing school officers. From a final judgment awarding the writ defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Towner County; Morgan, J. Application by Robert J. Laird for a peremptory writ of mandamus to. compel John Gang, as county superintendent of schools to call, an election in Greenfield township for the purpose of electing school officers. From a final judgment awarding the writ defendant appeals. Sections 35 and 36, Chap. 62, Laws of 1890, being § § 658 and 659, Rev. Codes, were construed by the state superintendent so that school districts organized prior to the passage of Art. 3, which consisted of more than one congressional township, are not affected by § § 35…
1Opinion of the Court
Fisií, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Towner county, directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, as county superintendent of •schools, to call an election in Greenfield township for the purpose of electing school officers, pursuant to § 671, Rev. Codes. The facts, briefly stated, are that Towner county was organized on or about the 6th day of November, 1883, and during the same year, or the following year, was' divided into school townships. Congressional township 160, range 68, together with three other congressional…
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