Hamlett v. Reid

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

The appellee was the plaintiff below and sued the appellant, in Ms official capacity, praying for a writ of mandamus directing Mm to affix Ms signature to a diploma wMcb bad been granted to ber by the Kentucky Normal Industrial Institute. It is an institution of learning for colored persons, and established by an -act of the General Assembly. By Section 4527, Kentucky Statutes, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is, ex-officio, chairman of its board of trustees. It is the duty of the board to adopt “such rules for the governing of said school,…