Littleton v. Union County Board of Education

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court affirming the action of the Union County-Board of Education in annexing territory which formerly composed the Thompson School District No. 1 of Union County, to the Urbana-Lawson School District No. 3 of Union County, under the provisions of Initiated Act No. 1 of 1948, Acts of 1949, p. 1414 (Ark. Stats., 1947, § 80-426, etseq.).

The facts are undisputed. There were only 57 school children in the Thompson District on March 1, 1949, which was less than the minimum of 350 enumerates required under the provisions of Initiated Act No. 1 for a…