Cline v. Wettstein

Citations

• 99 Kan. 404

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. School Districts — Special Meetings — Discretion of District Board. The granting of a petition calling a special meeting of a school district rests in the discretion of the district board. (The State v. School District, 80 Kan. 667, 103 Pac. 136.)</p> <p>2. Same — Bonds for One Schoolhouse Voted — Contract Let — Mandamus Proceedings to Compel Building'of Two Sehoolhouses — Writ Denied. On March 4, 1916, a school district six miles long and four miles wide having a schoolhouse situated at the geographical center of the district voted bonds in the sum of $2000 to build a schoolhouse. After the board had let the contract for the erection of the new building, purchased the lumber and had torn down the old building, this proceeding was commenced to compel the board to erect two schoolhouses. 'Held, on the facts stated in the opinion petitioners are not entitled to relief, and the writ is denied.</p>