Philpin v. McCarty
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Mandamus, brought in this court by Philpin and three" others, against McCarty, county superintendent of public instruction of Ford county.
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Mandamus, brought in this court by Philpin and three" others, against McCarty, county superintendent of public instruction of Ford county. May 28,1880, an alternative writ was issued, and directed to the defendant — the body of the writ being as follows: “Whereas, it has been suggested and made to appear to the court, upon the information and affidavit of T. J. Philpin, J. B. Smyth, Henry W. Crow, and N. B. Adams, that you were the duly elected, and are now the acting superintendent of public schools of Ford county, Kansas, and that they each settled upon and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is an original action, brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant, who is superintendent of public schools for Ford county, Kansas, to compel him to act 'upon a petition presented to him by over twenty householders of Sequoyah county, an unorganized county attached to said county of Ford for judicial purposes, to expose for sale certain school land in said Sequoyah county, to wit: A part of section 16, township 24, south, range 32, west, under §193, ch. 92, Compiled Laws 1879. To the alternative writ, defendant filed a motion to…
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