Miles v. Undenstock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiffs seek to compel the defendants, as the board of education of Osage City, a city of the second class, to employ an additional-teacher in one of the schools of that city.

The alternative writ of mandamus alleges that the plaintiffs are residents, citizens and taxpayers of Osage City; that at the corner of 14th and E streets there is located a school building known as the 14th street school; that there has been continuously, for a number of years, at least two teachers employed in that school; that in 1916 the school board, the…