Bissell v. Davison
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a writ of mandamus, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court, Shumway, J., upon the petitioner’s demurrer to the respondents’ return; the court overruled the demurrer and held the return sufficient, and the plaintiff appealed. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. I. The vote was not warranted by law, nor was the reason assigned by the committee a valid reason for the exclusion of the plaintiff’s son.
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Petition for a writ of mandamus, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court, Shumway, J., upon the petitioner’s demurrer to the respondents’ return; the court overruled the demurrer and held the return sufficient, and the plaintiff appealed. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. I. The vote was not warranted by law, nor was the reason assigned by the committee a valid reason for the exclusion of the plaintiff’s son. It. does not appear that there was a single ease of small pox in the town, nor that an epidemic of that disease was likely. Trustees of…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
On the 10th of March, 1894, the school committee of the town of ISTew Britain passed the following vote: “ That every pupil attending the public schools shall, at or before the beginning of the school term of this year, present to their teachers satisfactory evidence of vaccination before he or she shall be allowed to attend school, and hereafter every pupil upon entering school shall conform to this requireme'nt. That after the beginning of the spring term of this year all pupils shall be excluded from -the schools unless they have been properly vaccinated, and it shall be the duty of the…
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