BRIDGEPORT TP. HIGH SCHOOL DIST. v. SHANK

Term Nos. 55-M-8, 55-M-9, 55-M-10 and 55-M-11, consolidated.

7 Ill. App.2d 183 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 264

Bridgeport Township High School District No. 3-12, Township 3 North, Range 12 West, Lawrence County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry Shank et al., Defendants-Appellees. Bridgeport Township High School District No. 3-12, Township 3 North, Range 12 West, Lawrence County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul Burbank et al., Defendants-Appellees. Bridgeport Township High School District No. 3-12, Township 3 North, Range 12 West, Lawrence County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.C. Piper et al., Defendants-Appellees. Bridgeport Township High School District No. 3-12, Township 3 North, Range 12 West, Lawrence County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Johnnie Fearheiley et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Released for publication October 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gosnell & Fitzpatrick, of Lawrenceville, for plaintiff-appellant; Maurice E. Gosnell, of Lawrenceville, of counsel.

Brian & Wilson, of Toulon, and Richard S. Simpson, of Lawrenceville, for defendants-appellees; J.E. Richards, of Toulon, of counsel.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARDENS delivered the opinion of the court.

In a proceeding under the Administrative Review Act, the Circuit Court of Lawrence County affirmed four decisions of the County Board of School Trustees detaching four tracts of land from plaintiff high school district and attaching them to Sumner High School District. On appeal to this court, the four cases have been consolidated since there are common questions of fact and law raised in the various...

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