Stephens v. Jones
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Spink County. Hon. Cuas. S. Wi-iiting, Judge. Mandamus on petition of Charles M. Stephens and others against William J. Jones and others. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOY, J.
Section 70, c. 135, p. 230, Sess. Laws 1907, provides : “Upon the receipt of a petition signed by a majority of the qualified electors of any civil township in said county having districts smaller than civil townships, the county commissioners and the county superintendent of school's shall declare that the school district shall comprise a school township district, and the county superintendent shall appoint the necessary officers as hereinafter provided in section 90, who shall hold until the next election.” The civil township of Tulare, Spink county, is composed of two *99school districts,-…
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