Thornton v. Gardner

On January 12, 1963, an election was held on the proposition as to whether the Carrier Mills-Stonefort Unit School District of Saline and Williamson Counties should be established. This is an appeal from the order of the county court of Saline County, affirming the establishment and creation of the district entered in a proceeding to contest that election.

Article 11 — 7 of the School Code, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 122, par. 11 — 7,) provides, inter alia, that the proposition must receive a majority of the votes cast within the corporate limits of all cities, villages or incorporated towns…