Jackson v. State ex rel. Majors

Thomas J. Majors, the defendant in error, relator in the trial court, made application for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents in the action to reinstate and continue the son of relator, Thomas A. Majors, as a pupil of the State Normal School at Peru, and to permit him to attend the school, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and advantages of a pupil thereof. An alternative writ was issued, and respondents filed an answer or a return to said writ. As a result of a hearing of the issues a peremptory writ was allowed, and respondents present the cause to this court…