(DOWNLOAD) "Portland School Dist. #4 v. Drew Co. Bd. of Ed" by Supreme Court of Arkansas ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Portland School Dist. #4 v. Drew Co. Bd. of Ed
- Author : Supreme Court of Arkansas
- Release Date : January 16, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
Description
The present case is a phase of the same litigation that was before us in the case of Gibson v. Board of Education of Drew County (No. 9195, decided May 29, 1950, ante, p. 386, 230 S.W.2d 44). To aid in an understanding of the present case, it is proper to consider background information, and then the two cases prior to this one. When Initiated Act No. 1 of 1948 1 was adopted many small Districts undertook to accomplish annexation to larger Districts prior to March 1, 1949. One such small District was Jerome District No. 22 (hereinafter called ""Jerome"") which embraced territory in both Drew and Chicot Counties and was administered by the County Board of Education of Drew County by virtue of 80-414, Ark. Stats. 1947, which says, inter alia: "". . . For all school purposes such district, situated in two or more counties, shall be a part of the county in which is situated the largest number of inhabitants of the territory affected.""