State Ex Rel. Mulliken v. Henderson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This was a mandamus action brought by the state on the relation of the county attorney of Cherokee County against the county clerk, and arose out of a controversy between the boards of education of the cities of Weir and Scammon. Other public officials, in their official capacities, were made parties to the action as it progressed, but the appeal from the judgment ultimately rendered has been taken only by the board of education of the city of Scammon (hereinafter referred to as Scammon).

Due to the disposition of the case made by the trial…