Board of Education v. Drake

J. E. Drake, tax-receiver of Decatur County, brought his petition praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the board of education to pay over to him -the per cent, which he contended should be allowed tax-receivers upon the general county-wide tax levy for school purposes. The judge, upon hearing the matter, which was stated by both parties to be one of law, passed an order making the mandamus absolute, and directing -the board of education to pay over to the receiver the amount claimed by him to be due. To this judgment the board of education excepted by writ of error duly…