McElroy v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District; Jas. Cochrcm, Judge; The law applicable to special school districts for cities and towns, authorizing the change of boundaries, section 7695, Kirby’s Digest, does not apply to rural special school districts.
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court, Ozark District; Jas. Cochrcm, Judge; The law applicable to special school districts for cities and towns, authorizing the change of boundaries, section 7695, Kirby’s Digest, does not apply to rural special school districts. The latter are provided for and governed by the act approved May 31, 1909, Acts 1909, p. 948, sections 2 and 3. Nowhere in this act does the law provide for' changing the boundaries as in special districts for cities 'and towns, by express enactment or by necessary implication. 144 S. W. 226, 227. The act, as to rural special school…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This cause was heard in the court below on an agreed statement of facts from which we copy the statement of facts herein made. This was a proceeding under section 7548 of Kirby’s Digest to dissolve Common School District No. 86 and to annex its territory to Rural Special School District No. 10, except forty acres which the petition prayed should be annexed to Rural Special (School District No. 39. Certain electors of District 39 made themselves parties to the proceeding in the county court, but opposed the grant of the prayer of said petition and have prosecuted successive appeals from…
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- Hughes v. RobuckSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Special School District No. 33 v. EubanksSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
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- School District No. 25 v. Pyatt Special School DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927