State, Ex Rel. v. Bd. of Edn.

The relator, Florus C. Whartenby, invokes the original jurisdiction of this court in mandamus and seeks the peremptory order of this court compelling the respondent the county board of education of Perry county, Ohio, to accept a transfer of school territory situate in Hopewell rural school district in Muskingum county, Ohio, and annex the same to a contiguous school district of the county school district of Perry county, Ohio. No part of the territory so to be transferred belongs to a district of which the schools are centralized. The petition describes the territory sought to be…