In Re School District No. 62

I agree with that part of the opinion holding that “the territory affected” does not mean merely that area which was changed from one school district to the other, and I consider it unfortunate that counsel for defendant in error, who rightfully should have prevailed in this case, erroneously insisted upon his own unsupported interpretation to that effect, while the correct construction of the words, as without exception defined by the courts of our sister states, should have enabled him to prevail. The number of signers of the notice of appeal was less than one-fourth of the taxpayers…