People Ex Rel. Gamble v. McKinstry

A writ of mandamus issued from the circuit court of Kankakee county commanding the trustees of schools for Township 32 north, range 14 east of the 3rd P.M., to transfer and annex the territory constituting school district No. 16 in that county to one or more adjoining districts under the provisions of section 50 of the School law. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, chap. 122, par. 50.) The trustees have perfected an appeal directly to this court.

It is first necessary to consider a motion made by the appellee to transfer the cause to the Appellate Court, which was taken with the case. This motion must be…