State ex rel. Woodcock v. Chitty
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Custer County. Hon. Devi McGee, Judge. Petition by the State of South Dakota on the relation of P>ert Woodcock, against John Ohitty, A. Montgomery and! D. Carrigan, as ¡the Board of County Commissioners' of Custer County, South Dakota, Norma Connor .as County Superintendent of Schools of said county, and W. E. Eink as County Auditor of said county, for a writ of certiorari directed to' said board, said county supermtendtenit, and said oou'nty…
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Custer County. Hon. Devi McGee, Judge. Petition by the State of South Dakota on the relation of P>ert Woodcock, against John Ohitty, A. Montgomery and! D. Carrigan, as ¡the Board of County Commissioners' of Custer County, South Dakota, Norma Connor .as County Superintendent of Schools of said county, and W. E. Eink as County Auditor of said county, for a writ of certiorari directed to' said board, said county supermtendtenit, and said oou'nty auditor, ■commanding them to certify certain proceedings, for creation of separate school districts, to the Circuit Count of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
For years prior :to May 31, 1916, Eden Valley school district N'o. 8 in Custer oounty embraced- two oomgressicoal • townships. On April 15, 1916, two petitions were filed with the county auditor. One petition was. signed by miolre than twortbirdsi of the qualified electors of one of the congressional townships, petitioning the board of -county commissioners to create a separate school district comprising their congressional township. The other was a similar petition asking the creation of a separate district comprising the other congressional township. Both petitions were certified1 by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Clark v. StakkeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
- State ex rel. Coatsworth v. OlsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Achtien v. City of DeadwoodDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1993
- In Re the Petition for Writ of Certiorari as to the Wrongful Payments of Attorney Fees Made by the Brookings School District School BoardSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003