People ex rel. Merrall v. Cooley

I am of opinion that this proceeding must be dismissed, for the following reasons :

The relator is a resident in and president of the incorporated village of Lawrence in'Hassau county. Pursuant to sections 180 and 131 of the Education Law (Laws 1910, chap. 140) a meeting was held on April 8, 1911, at which it was voted that the village be separated from Union Free School District Ho. 15, and be and become a separate school district. The vote at the meeting was canvassed and the result certified to the respondent school commissioner Cooley, with a request that he certify that the territory of…