State ex rel. McCormick v. Bentley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DAWSON, J.:

This is an application by the state and by the Wichita Board of Education for a writ of mandamus to compel the mayor of Wichita to call an election on the proposition *443to issue bonds for an additional high school required to relieve the congested condition of the city schools. The maximum capacity of the present high school is nine hundred ninety-eight pupils. The present enrollment is sixteen hundred two. The board of education is using thirty-one extra schoolrooms for the overflow, and the city school population is rapidly increasing. All…