Hoffman v. Allen

Caniglia, District Judge.

The petitioner filed a freeholder’s petition before the freeholder board seeking transfer of certain real estate from school district No. N-3, known as the Benedict district. A hearing held before the freeholder board resulted in an order granting the freeholder’s petition and approving the transfer of the real estate. The District Court affirmed the action of the board granting the transfer, and this appeal by certain taxpayers followed.

This matter is triable de novo in this court.

Statutory authority for transferring land from one school district to another is set…