BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MARION LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MARION COUNTY

No. 35443.

167 Ohio St. 543 (1958)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MARION LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY, APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MARION COUNTY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Guthery, Harmon, Conkle & Gracely, for appellant.

Messrs. Knepper, White, Richards, Miller & Roberts and Mr. John A. Jenkins, for appellee Board of Education of Marion County.

Mr. Robert O. Stout, prosecuting attorney, for appellee Maurice C. Clements, county auditor.


Per Curiam.

The question presented here for determination is whether a local board of education has the power to employ counsel and challenge in the courts the validity and propriety of a change in the boundaries of its district.

Boards of education have only such powers as are conferred by statute. Verberg v. Board of Education of City School District of Cleveland, 135 Ohio St. 246, 20 N.E.2d 368.

The controlling statute in this...

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