Franklin County Election Board v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the Franklin Circuit Court upon a complaint for writ of mandate to compel the appellants to cause a referendum election to be held concerning the proposed metropolitan school district at a special election.

The Trial Court made a finding and judgment mandating the appellants to cause a referendum election to be held under the provisions of subsection (b) and (c) of Section 12 of Chapter 226 of the 1949 Acts of the Indiana General Assembly, as amended. Burns’ Indiana Statutes, Anno., § 28-2442, (1948 Repl.), [1967 Cum. Pocket Supp.].

On June 10,…