State, Ex Rel. v. Bd. Of. Edn.

The following facts are alleged in the petition for a writ of mandamus filed in this court:

On September 15, 1938, there was filed with the Holmes County Board of Education, pursuant to Section 4696, General Code, a petition signed by more than seventy-five per cent of the resident electors of Washington Rural School. District in Holmes county, requesting the transfer of territory to the contiguous Loudonville Exempted Village School District situated partly in Ashland and Knox counties.

The Holmes County Board of Education prior to that date had not considered or adopted a plan of organization…