School Board v. Rupp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus brought by the school board of a newly organized rural high-school district which includes territory in Russell and Ellis counties and by the clerk of Russell county to compel the county clerk of Ellis county, first, to furnish plaintiffs a certificate of the assessed value of property in that part of the district lying in Ellis county; and, second, “to place the levy on his tax rolls, which may hereafter be certified to him” by the clerk of the plaintiff school board, or by the county clerk of…