Bradley v. Cleaver

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoch, J.:

This was an action in mandamus to compel a school board in a rural district to call a special meeting for the purpose of voting on the question of the adoption of a budget to maintain a high school. The district court granted the writ, and defendants appeal.

The questions presented are whether the plaintiffs are entitled to maintain the action, and whether it was within the power of the court to direct the board to call the special school meeting. The latter question will be first considered.

Although the record is silent on the point, we assume…