Hughes v. Special School District No. H
Supreme Court of Arkansas
.Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; This ease was before this court in 119 Ark. 592 and 128 Id. 129. -The petition. contained a majority of the electors in tbe district. The petitions bere were accepted and acted upon as genuine. There is no showing that tbe signatures are not genuine. The petitions are jurisdictional. 49 Ark. 18; 51 Id. 48; 70 Id. 449. Tbe judgment should be reversed and tbe district dissolved as a clear majority petitioned.
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.Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; This ease was before this court in 119 Ark. 592 and 128 Id. 129. -The petition. contained a majority of the electors in tbe district. The petitions bere were accepted and acted upon as genuine. There is no showing that tbe signatures are not genuine. The petitions are jurisdictional. 49 Ark. 18; 51 Id. 48; 70 Id. 449. Tbe judgment should be reversed and tbe district dissolved as a clear majority petitioned. I. Tbe trial in tbe circuit court was de novo. 104 Ark. 145; 117 Id. 541. It was incumbent on petitioners to show (1) that a majority…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
This action was instituted under section 7548 of Kirby’s Digest, authorizing the county court to dissolve any school district “whenever a majority of the electors residing in such district shall petition the court so to do.” Petitions were filed in the county court of Lee County in the following form: “We, the undersigned, citizens and electors residing within the territory of Special School District No. H, of Haynes, Arkansas, respectfully petition the court and pray that Special School District No. H, of Haynes, Arkansas, be dissolved and its powers and duties be declared void and no longer…
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- Carpenter v. LeathermanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Stephens v. School District No. 85Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- School District No. 45 v. School District No. 8Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Hughes v. RobuckSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Rural Special School District No. 17 v. Special School District No. 56Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
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