School District of Mexico, Missouri, No. 59 v. Maple Grove School District, No. 56

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Action by a school district against an adjoining school district to recover tuition for four pupils assigned to the suing district by the county superintendent of schools under § 165.253. 1 Tried to the court without the aid of a jury, judgment was rendered for the suing district for $3,150 and costs. Following an unsuccessful effort to obtain a new trial the losing district appealed. We have jurisdiction because this appeal involves the construction of Article III, Sec. 23 of the Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M.S.

Briefly stated, the facts are that prior to October,…