State, Ex Rel. v. Bd. of Edn.

This cause came on to be heard upon the petition, the answer, the reply and depositions, the relators seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Board of Education of Greene county to transfer a portion of the Spring Valley Rural School District to the contiguous Clinton County School District.

The following is a brief outline of the litigation which has ensued in the attempt to transfer the territory.

On August 16, 1933, a petition claimed to be signed by more than 75 per cent of the resident electors was filed with the Greene County Board of Education, but the petition did not properly describe…