State ex rel. Karnes v. Board of Regents of Normal Schools

A motion to quash an alternative writ of mandamus is regarded as a demurrer. State ex rel. Wember v. Kingston, 214 Wis. 362, 253 N. W. 401; State ex rel. Nelson v. Henry, 216 Wis. 80, 256 N. W. 714; State ex rel. Tracy v. Henry, 217 Wis. 46, 258 N. W. 180.

The sole question for decision, therefore, is whether the allegations of the petition, liberally construed and taken as true, state a cause of action, i. e., show that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief prayed for.

It becomes necessary to recite the substance of so many of the representations found in the petition as are deemed material.…