State ex rel. Doyle v. Littrell

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

Relators sought a writ of mandamus in the circuit court to force the Board of Directors of Smithville R 2 School District (“Smithville”) to call a special election for a change of its boundaries. From the grant of a permanent writ as prayed, Smithville appeals.

Relators previously lived on a tract of land within the Kearney School District and their four children attended school there. More recently, Relators have moved to a different tract of their land lying within the Smithville School District. Their present home is approximately ten miles from the Kearney…