State Ex Rel. Carter v. Platt

The relator, E. W. Carter, was twice nominated by the Board of Trustees to be principal of Pierce Grammar School in Special Tax School District No. 32, Pasco County, Florida. His nomination was each time rejected by the Board of Public Instruction.

In June, 1937, on his petition, alternative writ of mandamus was issued from this Court directed to the Board of Public Instruction of Pasco County commanding them to approve the nomination/ of Relator as principal of Pierce Grammar School or show cause why they refuse to do so. The Respondents, as Board of Public Instruction, filed their return in…