Gantt v. Court of Commissioners

The suit is by petition for the writ of common-law certiorari to review the record of a certain proceeding in the court of county commissioners of Covington county, under which an election was ordered to be held for Rawls’ school district No. 5, to determine whether or not a special tax should be levied for public school purposes.

Under section 1, art. 12, of the act of September 26, 1919 (Gen. Acts 1919, pp. 567, 607):

“Upon request of the county board of education to the court of county commissioners or other governing body, said court shall order an election to be held at the time requested…