Hayes v. Dalke

This is an injunction proceeding brought in the district court of Garfield county by John W. Hayes and others, against J. C. Hoffsommer, county superintendent, and the board of education of the city of Garber, to enjoin the annexation of school district No. 48, a common school district, to district No. 47%, an independent district comprising the city of Garber. Since the filing of the suit, C. L. Dalke succeeded Hoffsommer as county superintendent and was substituted as a party defendant.

It appears that on June 25, 1924, a petition purporting to be signed by 44 electors of district No. 48,…