State Ex Rel. Greisinger v. Grand Rapids Board of Education

The relators, hereinafter referred to as appellants, brought an action in the Court of Common Pleas against the respondents, appellees herein, seeking a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to allow Jehovah’s Witnesses to use the auditorium in the school building of the Grand Rapids Local School District. After an exhaustive hearing, the trial court refused to issue the writ and entered judgment accordingly. From that judgment, appellants appeal on questions of law.

The petition filed by appellants is verbose, redundant and argumentative, and could hardly be said to conform with the…