Rural Special School District No. 11 v. Baker
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Union Circuit Court; C. W. Smith, Judge; The law of this case is settled in 128 Ark. 129, and the court erred in its order of dissolution when it attempted to recreate the common school districts which had been absorbed in Rural District No. 11, because the petition does not contain a majority of the qualified voters of the entire district and because the judgment is contrary to the law as announced in 128 Ark. 129. The petition for dissolution at the time it was…
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Appeal from Union Circuit Court; C. W. Smith, Judge; The law of this case is settled in 128 Ark. 129, and the court erred in its order of dissolution when it attempted to recreate the common school districts which had been absorbed in Rural District No. 11, because the petition does not contain a majority of the qualified voters of the entire district and because the judgment is contrary to the law as announced in 128 Ark. 129. The petition for dissolution at the time it was circulated and filed and notice given contained a clear majority of all the qualified electors residing in The…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
On May 30, 1919, a petition was filed with the county clerk of Union County, signed by forty persons who alleged therein that they constituted a majority of the qualified electors of Rural Special School District No. 11 (hereafter for convenience called special district). They described the territory constituting the district, which comprised all of common school districts No. 11 and No. 34, and part of common school districts No. 56 and No. 79. They alleged that the children living in certain portions of the district had been done a grave injustice in that the distance of the proposed…
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