State ex rel. Rutledge v. St. Louis School Board
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. Peremptory writ awarded. “State oe Missouri. “Office Board of Election Com-1 missioners. — City Hall. / St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1895. “Hon. Franklin Ferris, City.
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Mandamus. Peremptory writ awarded. “State oe Missouri. “Office Board of Election Com-1 missioners. — City Hall. / St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1895. “Hon. Franklin Ferris, City. “Sir: — I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your inquiries concerning registrations and transfers, and in reply beg leave to submit the following: “First: The number of registrations received for three months prior to the closing of the registration records preceding the school board election of November 1893 was, as shown by the books of this office, eleven hundred and thirty eight (1138). The registration records for…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
This is an original proceeding to obtain a mandamus against the St. Louis school board, the official title of which is “The Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis public schools.” The members of the Board are joined as defendants. The relators are certain citizens and taxpayers of St. Louis. The object of the desired writ is to require defendant to cause an election for members of the said Board to be held in that city.
An alternative writ was issued on representations of the relators. A return thereto has been made by defendants and a demurrer to the return has been argued and…
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- State Ex Rel. Lovell v. TinsleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1951
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