State ex rel. Whelchel v. Claxton

WILLIAMS, C.

This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto instituted by the prosecuting attorney of Wright county, Missouri, in the name of the State at the relation of M. N. Whelchel et al., to oust the defendants from exercising the functions of *702school directors of School District number 63 of said county. Trial was had in the circuit court of Wright county, resulting in a judgment for the defendants. Thereupon an appeal was duly perfected to this court.

The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts. From the stipulated facts it appears that relators are resident tax-paying…