Springdale Board of Education v. Bowman

It appears to me the majority opinion is an attempt to restore authority in the chancery courts to issue writs of mandamus. This Court ended such authority in the case of Nethercutt v. Pulaski County Special School District, 248 Ark. 143, 450 S.W.2d 777 (1970). There the school board had declined to renew the contract of Nethercutt and he filed suit in chancery seeking a “mandatory injunction” directing the school board to execute and deliver his contract for the current year. He also sought a writ of mandamus restoring him to his former position and ordering the board to pay his back salary.…