School District No. 36 v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff brought this action to annul certain proceedings of the defendant board whereby certain territory adjacent to the city of Independence was annexed to the city school district in 1911. The proceedings were undertaken pursuant to section'9129 of the General Statutes of 1915 which, in part, reads:

“Territory outside the city limits, but adjacent thereto, may be attached to such city for school purposes, upon application to the board of education of such city by a majority of the electors of such adjacent territory; and upon the…