State ex rel. Hopkins v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This proceeding involves the right of M. F. Amrine to recognition as a member of the board of education of the city of Council Grove. He had been duly elected to the office, but the board refused to recognize his right to the office on the theory that he had resigned the position and that another had been elected to succeed him. This action was then brought by the plaintiff to compel recognition.

It appears that sometime after his election he went to France, where he was engaged in war work under the direction of the Young Men’s…