Weaverland Independent School District Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The appellant was one of a large number of signers of a petition to the court below for the establishment of an independent school district. The petition was filed in accordance with. the procedure .prescribed by the Public School Code of 1949, P. L. 30-, 24.PS §§2-241 and 2-242. Section 242 requires the'approval Of such a petition by the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a condition' precedent to the creation of 'a fourth' class school distinct which the proposed district (hav ing a population of 1349) would have been if created. The Superintendent of Public…