Scott County Board of Education v. Steele

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Arthur Steele brought this action against the county school superintendent and the members of the Scott county board of education to require them to pay the tuition of his daughter, who is attending the Midway high school located in Woodford county. The defendants having declined to plead further after their demurrer to the petition was overruled, the court granted a mandatory injunction and defendants have appealed.

The facts pleaded are these: Plaintiff, who is a citizen and taxpayer of Scott county, lives near the Wood-ford county line. The nearest…