Smelser v. Board of School Inspectors

On November 16, 1899, 32 taxpayers of school districts Nos. 3 and 3 of the township of Big Prai*667rie presented a petition to the board of school inspectors of said township, asking them to alter and change the boundaries of said districts so as to make three districts, to be numbered 2, 3, and 4. The board met in pursuance of a notice given, and granted the prayer of the petition. The action of the board was removed to the circuit court of Newaygo county by writ of certiorari, where the proceedings of the board were quashed.- The case comes into this court by writ of error.

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