State, Ex Rel. Taylor v. Lease

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County, Ohio.

Plaintiffs seek a peremptory writ of mandamus to require the Seneca County Board of Education to make an equitable division of funds and indebtedness between the districts involved and incident to the transfer of the Eden Local School District of Seneca County to the Wyandot County School District. The trial court granted a peremptory writ, and from this order appeal is prosecuted to this court.

There is no dispute as to the facts. The Eden Board of Education of Seneca County, on June 21,…