Dennis v. Wrigley
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Shiawassee; Miner, J. Mandamus by George Dennis against Archibald Wrigley and other members of the school board of district No. 11, Caledonia and Shiawassee townships, Shiawassee county, to compel respondents to provide transportation for relator’s children, under Act No. 83, Pub. Acts 1909. An order was entered granting the writ; respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
Relator filed his petition in the circuit court against defendants, who are, respectively, director, assessor, and moderator of fractional school district No. 11 of Caledonia and Shiawassee townships, Shiawassee county, Mich. He shows that he is a resident of said school district and is the father of two children of school age, viz., Edith Dennis, nine years old, and Helen Dennis, seven years old. He further shows that at an adjourned annual meeting of the said school district it was resolved to close the school for a period of one year; that thereafter a majority of the school board acting…
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