Lincoln County v. Wilson

Citations

• 125 Miss. 837
• 88 So. 516

Syllabus

<p>1. Schools and School Districts. In proceedings to vaUdate dond issue, legality of district cannot he inquired into beyond record of organization.</p> <p>In a proceeding under chapter 28, Laws Ex. Sess. 1917, to validate bonds issued by the hoard of supervisors for a consolidated school district, such school district having, under the law, been organized by the county board of education, any attack made on the organization of such -school district is a collateral attack; therefore in such validation proceeding there can be no inquiry as to the legality of the organization of the consolidated school district beyond what the record of its organization by the board of education shows on its face.</p> <p>2. Schools and School Districts. Date of resolution for issue of bonds of consolidated district held not to render issue void.</p> <p>The fact that the resolution of the board of supervisors declaring its purpose to issue bonds for a consolidated school district under chapter 207, Laws of 1920, antedates by four days the resolution of the county board of education organizing such consolidated school district, the former resolution not having been published until after the resolution organizing the school district had been adopted, was not fundamental, but a mere irregularity, and did not render the bonds of said school district void.</p>