State ex rel. Dawson v. Board of Education

Citations

• 88 Kan. 199
• 127 P. 623
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Board op Education—Selecting Site for Schoolhouse—Discretion. A board of education in a city of the second class is vested with the power and discretion to select sites on which schoolhouses shall be erected.</p> <p>2. -Same. Two propositions were submitted by the board of education at the same election, one authorizing the. issue of bonds to purchase a site for a school building and another providing for the issue of bonds with which to erect the building. The board determined to build the schoolhouse on a site already owned by the district, and an action was brought to enjoin the placing of the school building on that site on the ground that most of the electors who voted upon the propositions understood that a new site would be selected by the board. Held, that the understanding which the voters may have had did not interfere with the power and discretion vested in the board to decide where the schoolhouse should be erected and whether a new site should be purchased.</p>