State ex rel. Cooper v. Board of Education of Summers County

The petitioner, Mike Cooper, as a citizen and taxpayer of Summers County and as a parent of children of school age, suing in his own behalf and in behalf of all other citizens of Summers County who are in like circumstances or similarly situated, has invoked the original jurisdiction of this Court in seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, the Board of Education of Summers County, a statutory corporation, and Charles Rodes, Superintendent of Schools for Summers County, to provide school bus transportation, or a stipend in lieu thereof, for his children to attend a private…