Batty v. Board of Education

This is an appeal from an order of the district court sustaining a demurrer to the defendants’ answer. The material facts as we glean them from the pleadings are substantially as follows: The board of education of the city of Williston is a special school district, organized pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, chapter 12 of the Political Code (§§ 1229-1285, inclusive, Comp. Laws 1913). The defendant, J. N. Urness, is the superintendent of the high school conducted therein. The plaintiff, J. H. Batty, is a resident in and a patron of the school district. His minor son (age 18 on July 17,…