Peterson v. Allen

This is a proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act seeking to reverse a determination of the commissioner under section 1511 of the Education Law in refusing to approve the consolidation of two school districts and seeking also to require the direction of a vote on the proposed consolidation.

Subdivision 1 of section 1511 provides: “Whenever two-thirds of the qualified electors of each of two or more districts in which there shall be less than fifteen qualified electors, or if there be fifteen or more qualified electors in any of such dis*681tricts whenever ten or more of such…