BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT No. 6 v. Nickell

This appeal challenges the validity of the 1949 amendments to sections 6 and 7 of article VIII of the School Code, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 122, pars. 8-6, 8-7,) and raises questions as to the applicability of those amendments to proceedings for the alteration of school district boundaries which were pending when the amendments became effective. It also presents a subsidiary question as to who are proper parties to a proceeding to review the action of a county superintendent of schools in rdetaching territory from a school district. Jurisdiction upon direct appeal exists because the…