People ex rel. Bibb v. Mayor & Common Council

The relator, Scott Bibb, a colored citizen of the city of Alton, instituted this proceeding for a writ of mandamus requiring the respondents, the mayor and members of the common council of the city of Alton, to allow the children of the relator to be admitted to the Washington school, or the most convenient of the public schools of the city and school district of Alton to which they have the right of admission, without excluding either of them on account of their color or descent. The issues of fact in the case were certified to the circuit court of Madison county for trial, and a verdict in…