Clark v. Board of Trustees of Loper Line Consolidated School District
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Berry county. HoN. Paul B. JohnsoN, Judge. Petition for writ of mandamus by Davis and Zoola-Clark against the Board of Trustees of the Loper Line Consolidated School' District. From a judgment dismissing the petition, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The demurrer is found on page 8 of the record and is a general demurrer. The question raised by the demurrer is whether the writ of mandamus will lie.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Berry county. HoN. Paul B. JohnsoN, Judge. Petition for writ of mandamus by Davis and Zoola-Clark against the Board of Trustees of the Loper Line Consolidated School' District. From a judgment dismissing the petition, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The demurrer is found on page 8 of the record and is a general demurrer. The question raised by the demurrer is whether the writ of mandamus will lie. The contention made upon the demurrer in the lower court was that the writ would not lie because the court had no…
1Opinion of the CourtHoldeN, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer and dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus. Here is the controversy:
Appellants set up in the petition for the writ: “That they'are freeholders in and patrons of said Loper Line consolidated school district and of the said Loper Line consolidated school, and that they have and are parents of children of the free school' educable age, who by law and as a matter of right are entitled to attend said free school; that your petitioners are the owners of property in said consolidated school district, upon which they pay taxes, and that…
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