State Ex Rel. Board of Edn. v. Allen

This is an action in mandamus filed in this court, in which the relator, the Board of Education, Southeastern Local School District, Ross County, Ohio, is seeking to have its clerk sign a $500,000 note authorized by the board of education in anticipation of a like amount of bonds voted by the electors of the school district.

The petition sets forth the various preliminary steps prescribed by statute, which were performed by the board of education and other officials, to perfect the putting of the question to the electorate of the school district. The petition further avers that the only defect…