Legal Opinion
City of Burlington Ex Rel. Board of School Commissioners v. Mayor of Burlington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 20, 1925PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSlack, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus brought by the city of Burlington on the relation of its board of school commissioners, Fred E. Kimball, Clarence IT. Beecher, Edward Lavallee, John R. Kelly, Jesse R. Rust, and Henry IT. Hagar, against the respondent J. Holmes Jackson to compel him, in his capacity as mayor of said city, to sign certain school bonds hereinafter referred to. The case is here on the pleadings and evidence taken pursuant to an order for that purpose.
Most of the questions of law presented for consideration grow out of the facts admitted by the pleadings which are in…
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