Board of Education v. Hackney

M. B. Hackney instituted mandamus proceedings against the Board of Education of Polk County, to compel the board to pay an alleged debt for services rendered as a teacher in the Fish Creek School District under employment by the trustees of that district, for which a judgment had been obtained against the trustees. The petition was so amended as to make the county superintendent of public schools a party defendant. The school district was one in which a local tax was levied to supplement the funds derived from other sources for support of the public schools. There was no treasurer of the…