School District No. 11 v. School District No. 20
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cross Circuit Court. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a controversy between two school districts, on petition of what appears to be a majority of the citizens of each of the districts, to transfer a sixteenth section from district No. 11 to district No. 20, which of course was a change of the boundary line between them.
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Appeal from Cross Circuit Court. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a controversy between two school districts, on petition of what appears to be a majority of the citizens of each of the districts, to transfer a sixteenth section from district No. 11 to district No. 20, which of course was a change of the boundary line between them. An order for the change was made in the county court, and district No. 11 appealed to the circuit court, where the matter was tried de novo, and before a jury, resulting in an affirmance of the order of the county court; and from this…
1Opinion of the Court
Bunn, C. J.,
(after stating- the facts.) Prom the common understanding- as to the meaning- of the words, “citizen” and “electors,” as used to denote persons who may sign petitions in the matter of the arrangement of school districts, and from the fact that some other word than “citizen” is employed in other matters, whenever the desire is to include other than electors, we are of the opinion that the two words, as employed in the acts involved in this litigation, are substantially synonymous, that is to say, the word “citizen” means “an elector,” in such connection.
Section 6984 of Sandels &…
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