Benson v. School District No. 1 of Silver Bow County

MR. JUSTICES BOTTOMLY and ADAIR:

We dissent.

This is an action in mandamus by eight tenure teachers of School District No. 1, Silver Bow County, Montana, consisting of the Butte school system, wherein they seek to compel the trustees of said School District by mandamus to grant them salary increases contained in a written contract entered into between said School District and other school teachers of said District. In applying for this extraordinary remedy and attorneys’ fees, the burden is on these eight tenure teachers to clearly show that the district court and this court had and has jurisdic*93…