Case Name: The State, ex rel. George W. Sheppard, Prosecuting Attorney of Scioto County, v. Delmar Magnet et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1922
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 10
Docket Number: No. 17516
Parties: The State, ex rel. George W. Sheppard, Prosecuting Attorney of Scioto County, v. Delmar Magnet et al.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanámaker, Robinson, Matthias and Clark, JJ., concur. I
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 10–10

Head Matter:
No. 17516.
The State, ex rel. George W. Sheppard, Prosecuting Attorney of Scioto County, v. Delmar Magnet et al.
In Quo Warranto.

Opinion:
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