Circleville Bd. Ed. v. State ex rel. Moody

“It seems clear that when a group that may be as small as two or three householders, charged with no particular responsibility and not acting under oath, by simply affixing their signatures to a proper petition, may subvert the educational policy established by the public officials charged with formulating and carrying out such policy, such group should fully and literally comply with all of the provisions of the statute conferring the right sought to be enforced.

The petition filed in this case does not state a cause of action. To invoke the extraordinary writ of mandamus to control the…