Bufkin v. Mitchell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. HoN. Paul B. JouNSON, Judge. Mandamus by T. F. Knight against W. H. Bufkin, chancery clerk. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Counsel on both sides filed elaborate briefs too long for publication.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
This case involves the constitutionality of chapter 255 of the Laws of Mississippi 1912, which provides for the transportation of pupils in the consolidated school dis- . tricts, and for the raising of funds to maintain such schools for at least seven months in each scholastic year. A consolidated school district was formed in Jones coun- : ty, and known as the “Whitfield Line Consolidated School. ’ ’ A contract was entered into for the transportation of pupils according to the provisions of the statute. The chanceryclerk, who is also the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county,…
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