Schoon v. Board of Education

Certain taxpayers residing in the Triad Community Unit School District No. 2, Madison County, brought suit in the circuit court of that county against the district’s board of education and the members of said board, seeking to enjoin the issuance of bonds in the amount of $685,000. On motion of defendants the complaint was dismissed, and a decree was entered accordingly. Plaintiffs appeal directly to this court, the revenue being involved.

The bond issue is challenged on the ground that it is based on an election at which several propositions were improperly combined into one on the ballot and…