State ex rel. Wallace v. Egan

Citations

• 111 Kan. 81
• 206 P. 326
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 178

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Ouster — School Director — Elected at Special District Meeting — Tenure of Office. When a school district is organized and a special school-district meeting is called to elect the members of its first school board, the officers thus elected serve until the next regular annual school-district meeting, but no longer, if at such annual meeting their successors are elected and qualify as the statute provides.</p> <p>2. Same. At a special meeting of a newly-created school district the defendant was elected to serve as director. At the next regular annual school-district meeting another person was elected to succeed him. Defendant declined to surrender hig office in favor of his lawfully elected and qualified successor. Held, that judgment of ouster was properly entered against defendant.</p>