Common School District No. 899 v. Independent School District No. 784

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from a district court judgment reversing an order of the Lac qui Parle County Board and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

In June 1967 a petition was presented to the Lac qui Parle County Board to close Common School District No. 899, which operated the Louisburg elementary school. During the 1966-67 school year the Louisburg elementary school had 13 students in the first six grades. Louisburg students in grades 9 to 12 had been attending school in Independent School District No. 784 (Appleton) since 1936 and students in grades 7 and 8 had…