State Ex Rel. Brown v. Gannon

The relator, a school teacher, brought this action in the superior court for Thurston county, seeking a writ of mandate to compel the board of regents of the state college of Washington to grant to him, and to compel the state superintendent of public instruction to countersign, a life diploma. A trial to the court resulted in the entry, of a judgment denying the peremptory writ and dismissing the action. The relator appealed.

There,is no dispute as to the pertinent facts. Upon his graduation from the state college in 1928, appellant received the degree of bachelor of arts and a five-year…