Case Name: The State, ex rel, etc., v. The Board of Education of Adams Mills Rural School District, et al.; Robert W. Ross, et al v. The Adams Mills Rural School District
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 723
Docket Number: No. 19345; No. 19096
Parties: The State, ex rel, etc., v. The Board of Education of Adams Mills Rural School District, et al. Robert W. Ross, et al v. The Adams Mills Rural School District;
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 723–723

Head Matter:
No. 953
No. 19345
No. 19096
The State, ex rel, etc., v. The Board of Education of Adams Mills Rural School District, et al. Robert W. Ross, et al v. The Adams Mills Rural School District;
In Mandamus.
error to the Court of Appeals of Muskingum county.
157. BOARDS OF EDUCATION—1. Upon transfer of property from one district to another, bound to make equitable division of funds and indebtedness of transferred territory.
2. “Where there is such transfer after issuance of bonds for erection of school building and tax levy to pay for same; and equitable division of funds and bonded indebtedness is made, all property of each district subject to tax levy to meet apportioned indebtedness.
291. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW—Section 4692 GC. does not violate any state or federal constitutional provisions.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
1. It is the duty of county boards of education upon transfer of property from one district to another pursuant to the provisions of Section, 4692, General Code, to make an equitable division of the funds and of the indebtedness of the transferred territory.
2. Where, subsequent to the issuance of bonds for the erection of a school building and the levy of a tax to pay same by a rural school district, the county board of education under authority of Section 4692, General Code, transfers a portion of' such district to an adjoining district and makes an equitable division of the funds and of such bonded indebtedness between the district from which and the district to which the territory was transferred, all the property -of each district is subject to the levy of a tax to meet its share of the indebtedness as so apportioned.
3. Section 4692, General Code, is not vio-lative of any provision of either the state or federal constitution.
Case No. 19096, judgment affirmed.
Case No. 19345, writ allowed.