SCHOOL DIST. OF MURRAY v. Lancaster

Appellant herein, the School District of Murray, in the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, also known as School District No. 56 of Cass County, Nebraska (District 56), appeals from, an order of the District Court for Cass County, Nebraska, denying District 56’s prayer for an alternate writ of mandamus. For reasons more particularly set out in this opinion, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.

The decision in this case turns on the interpretation of the phrase “the territory’s proportionate share of any balance remaining in the nonresident tuition fund” contained in section…