PEOPLE EX REL. BODECKER v. SCHOOL DIST. No. 316

No. 31858.

409 Ill. 526 (1951)

100 N.E.2d 573

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Benjamin Bodecker et al., Appellants, v. COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 316 et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PRESTON W. KIMBALL, State's Attorney, and HOMER H. WILLIAMS, both of Carthage, SCHMIEDESKAMP & DEEGE, of Quincy, and BARBER & BARBER, of Springfield, (HENRY E. SCHMIEDESKAMP, and SAMUEL C. FIELDEN, of counsel,) for appellants.

LEON L. LAMET, of Warsaw, and SCOFIELD, BELL & BELL, of Carthage, (CHARLES J. SCOFIELD, and EARL N. BELL, of counsel,) for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Community Unit School District No. 316 of Hancock County was established by an election held February 28, 1948. Community Unit School District No. 317, also of Hancock County, was similarly established on March 6, 1948. These districts adjoin each other on two sides. March 12, 1948, a petition was filed with the county superintendent of schools, signed by approximately 1355 persons...

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