Legal Opinion

State ex rel. School District v. Rice

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 18, 1890PublishedCited by 1 opinion

This was a petition by School District No. 14, of Fairfield County, for a writ of mandamus from this court against James H. Rice, State superintendent of education. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

This is a petition in the original jurisdiction of this court for a mandamus, compelling the respondent, James H. Rice, State.superintendent of education, “to make and promulgate such regulations, prescribing the method of apportioning the income of the school tax among the several school districts in each county, as shall be in conformity with the constitution and laws of the State regulating the subject,” &c.

The act of 1881, “To prescribe the mode of ascertaining the average attendance on the free public schools of the State, and…

2Cited by1 opinion

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