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BOARD OF EDUCATION v. CITY OF VINITA

No. 39450.

376 P.2d 256 (1962)

The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF VINITA, Oklahoma, and Vernon Barnes, Superintendent of Schools, City of Vinita, Oklahoma, Independent School District No. 65, Craig County, Oklahoma, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The CITY OF VINITA, Oklahoma, upon the relation of John B. DENNEY, Harold Johnson, Opal Thompson, Troy Holston and Tom Brookshire, residents, citizens and taxpayers of the City of Vinita, Oklahoma, and John B. Denney, Harold Johnson, Opal Thompson, Troy Holston and Tom Brookshire, residents, citizens and taxpayers of the City of Vinita, Oklahoma, in their own behalf and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 18, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pitcher & Logan, Vinita, for plaintiffs in error.

Wheatley & Wheatley, Vinita, for defendants in error.

WELCH, Justice.

The defendant Board of Education of the City of Vinita decided to close the Riverside Elementary School and assign the pupils to other schools in the system.

Plaintiffs in their petition allege, in substance, that they are resident taxpayers and that they bring this action upon their relation to the City of Vinita and all other persons similarly situated; that the closing of the school building, without...

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