Stinson v. Thorson
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of Grand Dorks County, Polloclc, J. Appellants insist that under our constitution and statute law the school board of the Independent School District of Grand Dorks have the right to use money raised and levied for a certain purpose, for other school purposes, and when such money is not needed for the specific purpose for which it was raised, to divert it, and use it for other immediate school purposes, and that money raised for teachers’…
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Appeal from the District Court of Grand Dorks County, Polloclc, J. Appellants insist that under our constitution and statute law the school board of the Independent School District of Grand Dorks have the right to use money raised and levied for a certain purpose, for other school purposes, and when such money is not needed for the specific purpose for which it was raised, to divert it, and use it for other immediate school purposes, and that money raised for teachers’ wages, when not so needed, may be diverted and transferred over into the general fund of the district for general purposes,…
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
Trial de novo. The complaint alleges that those defendants who comprised the Board of Education of the Independent-School District of the city of Grand Eorks have made a contract, with the other defendants for the erection of a new high school building; that, under § 183 of the Constitution, and § 1303, Comp. Laws 1913, the total debt limit of said district was 5 per cent of the 1914 assessed valuation of $4,737,845.00, or $236,892.25; that the said district was already bonded in the sum of $175,000; that there were available assets not to exceed $114,916.09; that “by reason of the fact as…
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- Jones v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- State v. KlectzenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1899
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