Foster v. Jefferson County

Appellee county, as statutory trustee, instituted suit seeking to cancel all claims of the defendants to Sec. 16, Tp. 9 N.R. 4 E. in said county. Three of the defendants, appellants here, appeared and defended as to the west half of said section, and have appealed from an adverse decree.

By Secs. 2015 to 2019, inclusive, Code 1871, it was provided that the school directors of each district, upon an affirmative vote of the qualified electors of the township could sell the lands appropriated for the use of schools in that township. The several steps to be taken to effectuate such a sale were…