State ex rel. Martin v. Webster Parish School Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster; R. 0. Drew, Judge. Application by the State, on the relation of J. W. Martin and others, for mandamus to the Webster Parish School Board. From a judgment denying the application, the re-lators appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProyosty, J.
The numerous plaintiffs in this case are residents and taxpayers of school district No. 7 of the parish of Webster and the parents of school children in said school district. They complain that the apportionments which the school board of the parish has heretofore been making of the school funds of the parish have not been in proportion to the number of children of school age, as is required by section 7 of Act No. 81 of 1888; and that, as a consequence, district No. 7 has failed of receiving its just quota of the said school funds by $4,500, even reckoning only since 1892; and they pray for…
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