State ex rel. White v. Wright
Ohio Supreme Court
This is an Alternative Mandamus, from the County of Summit. The Mandamus was issued on the 17th of March, 1845, commanding the defendant to pay to the relator the sum of twelve dollars, for services as teacher of a Union School District, composed of parts of the Townships of Tallmadge and Stow, in Summit county, and Franklin and Brimfield, in Portage county, or to appear before the Court at the next Term thereof and show cause to the contrary.
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This is an Alternative Mandamus, from the County of Summit. The Mandamus was issued on the 17th of March, 1845, commanding the defendant to pay to the relator the sum of twelve dollars, for services as teacher of a Union School District, composed of parts of the Townships of Tallmadge and Stow, in Summit county, and Franklin and Brimfield, in Portage county, or to appear before the Court at the next Term thereof and show cause to the contrary. The defendant made return, among other things; “ That no such Union School District as that mentioned in said Writ, as being composed of parts of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBirchard, C. J.
The merits of this writ turn upon the question whether, in organizing a school district from two or more townships, a majority of the trustees of each township, or only a majority of all the trustees of the several adjoining townships, are to unite in establishing the ^district. The return to the mandamus shows that the part of the alleged district which lies in the township of Tallmadge was embraced therein without the assent of the Trustees of that township, and against their express dissent. They deny the authority of the trustees of the other three townships to interfere with their…
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