Ohio Supreme Court, 1922

State ex rel. Sheppard v. Magnet

State ex rel. Sheppard v. Magnet
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1922 · Clark, Hough, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson, Wanámaker
1 Ohio Law. Abs. 10

State ex rel. Sheppard v. Magnet

Opinion of the Court

HOUGH, J.:

1. A member of a board of education of a township rural school district, residing in territory transferred therefrom in the creation of a new district, under the pi’ovisions of Section 4692, Genex'al Code, automatically becomes a non-resident of the old district, and ceases to be a member of such board of education at the time the transfer is complete.

2. A motion to fill vacancies, made by one and seconded by another, neither of whom are members, in a meeting of a board of education of a rural township school district, called for that purpose, recognized by the president and by him put ,to a vote and carried by the votes of the two non-members, can have no legal effect, and the action thus attempted is a nullity.

Judgxnent for relator.

Marshall, C. J., Wanámaker, Robinson, Matthias and Clark, JJ., concur. I

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