Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. Brown

This action was instituted in the Jackson Circuit Court by the State, on the relation of relators, Brown and Mills, for a writ of mandate against the Board of Commissioners of the County of Jackson, and the other apellants as members thereof, to compel them to order a special election to enable the voters of said county to determine whether the county seat of Jackson county should be changed from Brownstown to Seymour. The action is based upon an act of the legislature, entitled “An Act providing for the relocation of county seats in counties of this State having an area of more than five…