Bealmear v. Hildebrand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one by taxpayers to enjoin the county superintendent from calling an election in a rural high-school district, to choose a board of officers. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and the plaintiffs appeal.

The petition discloses that persons living at and near Ensign, in Gray county, close to the Ford county line, promoted organization of a rural high-school district composed of territory lying in both counties. A petition was circulated and signed before boundaries of the proposed district were approved by the county…