Heath v. Johnson
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited the following authorities: 1. — Constitutionality of chapter 103 of the Acts of 1891.— Cool. Consts. Lim.; 16 Ind. 197 ; 6 W. Va. 562; Acts .of Legislature of W. Va. 2. — Construction of said Acts. — Suth. Stat. Constrs. 3. — Mandamus.—High Ex. Leg. Rem. ; 10 Cal. 212; 70 Am. Dec. 711; 45 Mo. 294 ; 24 Mich. 469 ; 44 Mich. 479 ; 42'Conn. 13; 136 Mass. 50; 36 Mich. 195; 13 Gratt. 253. 4. — Demand and refusal not necessary. — High Ex. Leg. Rem. § 41; 14 Am. & Eng. Ency.
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cited the following authorities: 1. — Constitutionality of chapter 103 of the Acts of 1891.— Cool. Consts. Lim.; 16 Ind. 197 ; 6 W. Va. 562; Acts .of Legislature of W. Va. 2. — Construction of said Acts. — Suth. Stat. Constrs. 3. — Mandamus.—High Ex. Leg. Rem. ; 10 Cal. 212; 70 Am. Dec. 711; 45 Mo. 294 ; 24 Mich. 469 ; 44 Mich. 479 ; 42'Conn. 13; 136 Mass. 50; 36 Mich. 195; 13 Gratt. 253. 4. — Demand and refusal not necessary. — High Ex. Leg. Rem. § 41; 14 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law 106, 141,142 ; 17 W. Va. 595 ; 37 Pa. St. 237 ; 7 la. 186 ; Id 390 ; 6 Nev. 30; 22 Wis. 259 ; 23 Md. 482. 5.— Weight…
1Opinion of the Court
Lucas, President :
This was an application to the Circuit Court of Kanawha county by the plaintiffs, D. C. Heath & Co., for a mandamus to compel one Belle Johnson, the respondent, as teacher of *784a free school of the common class, to use exclusively the school-book entitled “Hyde’s Practical Lessons in the Use of English” in teaching grammar classes in her said school-The plaintiffs or petitioners were the publishers of said school-book, and allege in their petition that the aforesaid lessons in English are familiarly known as “Hyde’s Language Lessons, Books 1 & 2.” They allege in the petition…
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