State Ex Rel. Butler v. Dugger

This is a petition for mandamus on the relation of H. A. Butler to compel the Superintendent of Education of Wayne county to issue a warrant in favor of relator for $45, claimed to he due relator under a contract with the County Board of School Commissioners for the operation of a bus. The chancellor dismissed the petition, and the relator has appealed.

The Wayne county schools opened on July 19, 1937. A few days prior to that date the Board of School Commissioners met and, after certain proceedings had, entered into a contract with the relator Butler whereby the latter was to run a school bus…