Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Bouffleur v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1920No. 15934PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Fletcher, J., entered May 29, 1920, affirming a decision of the county school superintendent in changing the boundaries of a school district, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

The relators seek review and reversal of a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county affirming a decision and order of the superintendent of public schools for that county, transferring a portion of the territory of School District No. 33 to School District No. 124 of that county. The law under which such transfer of territory was assumed to be made by the superintendent is found in § 4433, Rem. Code, which, so far as pertinent to our present inquiry, reads as follows:

“For the purpose of transferring territory from one district to another or enlarging the boundaries of *478any school-…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dodge v. Boston & Providence RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  2. Wilson v. CochranTexas Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Arnold v. WaltzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  4. Oppegaard v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Anderson v. WiseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936
  2. In Re Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1925

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