Horton v. Downs Consolidated School District

The judge to whom the petition was presented issued an order providing that the application for the validating of a proposed issue of bonds should be heard on Mayr 2, 1938, and convoked a special term of the superior court of Washington County to be held on that date for the purpose of passing on such petition. However, for providential reasons, he failed to hold court on that day and recessed his court until May 6, 1938. On May 6, 1938, W. H. Horton, the plaintiff in error, presented his application objecting to the issuance and validation of the bonds, and sought to be made a party to the…