Hoadley v. Allen

At all times herein mentioned, Ada S. Blake was doing business under the fictitious name of Marlborough School, a private school for girls in the city of Los Angeles. In the year 1927, about twenty-five girls residing at the school and 270 girls residing at their homes were enrolled as pupils and were receiving instruction.

Frank P. Allen, Jr., the appellant here, was the father of Frances Ashe Allen, a girl of about seventeen years of age. Prior to September, 1927, the father made a written application to Ada S. Blake for the enrollment of his daughter as a boarding pupil at the Marlborough…