School District No. 45 v. School District No. 8
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; The petition did not contain a majority of all the electors of the district, to be “divided.” Kirby’s Dig., § 7544; Acts, 1891, p. 194. District No. 8 was not divided, ■and it took a majority of the electors of District No. 8 to give the court jurisdiction. 54 Ark. 134; 105 Ark. 47; 102 Ark. 401. The circuit court followed the statute. Kir’bv’s Dig., § 7544; 54 Ark. 134.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is a controversy over the change of the boundary line between two adjoining' school districts in Hot Spring County transferring about three sections of land from District No. 45 and attaching the same to District No. 8. The proceedings were inaugurated on the petition of electors which constituted .a majority of the aggregate number of electors of both districts, but iall of the petitioners save one resided in Dis-, trict No. 8. There were only two voters residing upon the disputed territory sought to be transferred from one district to the other, and one of them signed the petition,…
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