Board of Education v. Blondell

Plaintiff is a Michigan rural agricultural public school corporation, whose district consists in the main of five incorporated villages in Wayne county. Its rights, powers, and duties are set forth in Act No. 319, Pub. Acts 1927, which is a codification of various laws as amended, and provides for a system of public instruction in primary schools, for the classification, organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools and school districts, etc. It is referred to herein as the general school code.

In 1925, in order to secure a site for an elementary school and at a cost of $180,806.17,…