People ex rel. Taylor v. Board of Education

This is a motion on behalf of the People, on the relation of Len Taylor and Henry Ferguson, for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus against the president and members of the board of education of the city of Centralia. The petition, in substance, is, that the board of education has discriminated against the children of the relators on account of color, requiring them to attend schools in the city other than those attended by white children.

The practice heretofore has been, under section 2 of article 6 of the constitution, for this court to take original jurisdiction of such cases.…