Lindgren

On the fourth day of December, 1924, the plaintiffs filed their petition in the superior court of the county of Merced praying judgment of said court reviewing, setting aside, and annulling the actions of C. S. Weaver, as county superintendent of schools of the county of Merced, the trustees of Livingston School District, the trustees of Raisin School District and the board of supervisors of the county of Merced, which acts purported to lead to the union or merger of Livingston and Raisin schools districts, thereafter to be known as Livingston School District, the subsequent exclusion of said Livingston School District also comprising the territory formerly included in the Raisin School District from the Hilmar Colony Union High School District and the annexation of said territory to the Merced Union High School District.

The grounds upon which the merging, excluding, and uniting of said district are sought to be annulled consisted in allegations that proper notices were not given of the election, as required by the Political Code, of the proposed union or merger of the Livingston and Raisin School Districts, thereafter to be known as the Livingston School District ; that proper…