Burnside v. Douglas School District No. 27

— Fairfax Burnside, a minor, by his guardian ad litem, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the superior court of Cochise county, praying that the trustees of school district No. 27 of Cochise county be compelled to admit him to attendanee at school in a certain building devoted to high school instruction in the city of Douglas. The petition set up, in substance, that the plaintiff was a member of the African race, and that he was debarred ad mission to and instruction in said building solely upon that ground. The answer was to the effect that on account of the dissatisfaction, turmoil…