State ex rel. Hendry v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On May 13, 1919, an election was held upon the question whether a rural high school should be established in McPherson county, in conformity with the statute. (Gen. Stat. 1915, § 9348, as amended by Laws 1917, ch. 284, § 2.) The vote was canvassed and the proposition was declared carried. On June 24 the organizátion of the district was effected by the election of a school board, which on the same day contracted for supplies to the amount of $150 and for the renting for ten months of a building for school purposes. On June 28 a petition…