Privett v. Board of Education

Miller, Judge:. The petitioner sought, in the circuit court, a writ of mandamus, requiring the Board of Education of Slab Fork District in Wyoming County to execute a contract for the purchase of a lot for school purposes, and also requiring the county superintendent of schools for said county to approve the location and purchase of the lot selected by the said board.

The petitioner alleges that he is a citizen and taxpayer, ■and a patron of the public schools, of the district; that the board of education of the district selected a site for the erection of a school house and contracted with…