Farris v. State ex rel. Murphy
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Saunders county. Tried below before Bates, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, C.
Murphy, a resident taxpayer and parent of children of school age in school district No. 34 of Saunders county, applied to the district court for a writ of mandamus against the members of the district board to require them to purchase and lend to the pupils of the school the necessary text-books for the pursuance of a course of study therein. A peremptory writ of mandamus was allowed by the district court, and the respondents bring the case here for review by petition in error.
*858The relator claimed a right to the writ under chapter 46, Session Laws of 1891, entitled “An act to provide…
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