Buchanan v. School District of Hannibal
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas, Hon. Theodore Brace, Judge. The writ should have been denied. A change of site of a graded school is not among the subjects of a popular vote. Rev. Stat., sects. 7031, 7146, .7153 ; Sess. Acts, 1881, p. 99 ; '.Sess. Acts, p. 1883, 185.
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, J.
Upon the petition of the plaintiffs, who are resident citizens and taxpayers of the Hannibal school district, a preliminary injunction was granted against the defendant district and its directors, restraining them from changing the site of the present school house in South Hannibal, and from proceeding further in any contracts for the purpose of a new site, and the erection of a new school building thereon.
The petition states, among other things, that the defendant school district is organized under the general statutes of the state, providing for the organization and regulation of the public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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