Seiler v. Gelhar

The plaintiff applied to the district court for a writ of mandamus. The petition was denied and the proceeding dismissed, whereupon the plaintiff perfected this appeal.

The controversy relates to the transportation of pupils to and from a consolidated school. The plaintiff is a parent of a child of school age and the defendants constitute the school board of Montpelier school district No. 14, of Stutsman county. In June, 1914, the schools in the district were consolidated, and it now embraces a full civil township. Two schools are maintained, one in the village of Montpelier, and the other in…