Brumfield v. Board of Education

Riley, Judge:

In this original proceeding in mandamus against The Board of Education of Logan County and Paul Winters, its secretary, the relators, Cecil Brumfield and Roy Chambers, a citizen and taxpayer, seek a peremptory writ to declare vacant the office of George Vincen as a member of the board, and to reinstate Brumfield (at times hereinafter referred to as relator) as a member in his stead.

The petition proceeds upon two theories: (1) the meeting at which relator’s resignation was tendered and accepted was invalid as having been irregularly convened; and (2) the resignation was induced by…