Barber v. Turney

ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

Steven D. Turney filed suit in the Circuit Court of Marion County against the Board of Education [Board] seeking a writ of mandamus and an order requiring the Board to fix a monthly rental of sixteenth section land, leased by Turney, based upon the fair market rental value of the property and to establish a uniform and proper percentage of fair market rental value on all sixteenth section lands in Marion County. The circuit court, Honorable R.I. Prichard, III, presiding, entered an order granting the writ of mandamus and ordered the Board to appoint a…