State Ex Rel. Miles v. Wedge
Nevada Supreme Court
Mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation of H. W. Miles and others, as the Board of School Trustees of Delamar School District, No. 18, in Lincoln County, against Sarah Wedge, as County Superintendent of Public Schools of Lincoln County. On demurrer to respondent’s answer to an alternative writ. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The duty of the several county superintendents of schools is prescribed by statute.
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Mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation of H. W. Miles and others, as the Board of School Trustees of Delamar School District, No. 18, in Lincoln County, against Sarah Wedge, as County Superintendent of Public Schools of Lincoln County. On demurrer to respondent’s answer to an alternative writ. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The duty of the several county superintendents of schools is prescribed by statute. These duties ascribe to the county superintendent both judicial and ministerial functions. There are occasions when judgment and discretion control the duty, but…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Fitzgerald, J.:
This is an original proceeding in this court by the relators as the board of school trustees of the Delamar school district, No. 18, in Lincoln county, for writ of mandate to respondent, that, of the state school moneys apportioned to said county, respondent, as the regularly elected, qualified, and acting county superintendent of public schools of said county, apportion the sum of $90.15 in addition to the sum that respondent has already apportioned to said district. Relators base their claim to the writ on the report of the school census marshal of said…
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