People Ex Rel. Carruthers v. Cooper

The relators, certain taxpayers and boards of education, have filed in this court an original petition for mandamus against the Auditor of Public Accounts, praying that he be directed to apportion and distribute common school funds, available for the benefit of the several school districts of the State, in such a manner that both the “general” grants and the “equalization” grants, as defined in the statute, will be paid on a uniform percentage basis.

The petition alleges that a deficiency exists in the State funds available for paying claims of school districts for the 1947-1948 school year,…