School District Number Three v. School District Number One
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Newaygo. (Fuller, J.) Bill filed to enjoin the assessment and collection of a tax. General demurrer sustained in court below.
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Appeal from Newaygo. (Fuller, J.) Bill filed to enjoin the assessment and collection of a tax. General demurrer sustained in court below. The divisiop of the township of Everett and school district No. 3, on the organization of the town of Wilcox, ousted the old board of inspectors from power to fix anj liability on the old district in favor of the new one: Township of Saginaw v. School District, 9 Mich. 541; People v. Ryan, 19 Id. 203. The proceedings of the board of inspectors in apportioning the valuation of the school-house were void for want of notice of the meeting at which such action…
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The bill of complaint in this case avers that January 1, 1876, the complainant school district consisted of nine sections of land in the county of Newaygo; that the inhabitants of said district lived almost entirely within the boundaries of two villages, White Cloud and Alleyton* situated about one mile apart.
The voters of said school district agreed to build a union school-house as near as may be midway between the two villages, to accommodate all the scholars; that a site was chosen accordingly, and the same conveyed by James Alley *53& Co.', the owners of the land, to said school district, in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ramsey v. Clerk of Everett TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
3Cited by2 opinions
- Howell v. ShannonMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
- Board of Supervisors of Presque Isle County v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1894