State ex rel. Van Straten v. Milquet
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: Henry Graass, Circuit Judge. Mandamus. The defendant is treasurer of school district No. 2 of the town of De Pere, Brown county. In 1921, at tire annual school meeting, the electors of that district voted not to hold school.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: Henry Graass, Circuit Judge. Mandamus. The defendant is treasurer of school district No. 2 of the town of De Pere, Brown county. In 1921, at tire annual school meeting, the electors of that district voted not to hold school. In that situation the school board entered into a contract with one Al De Cleene to transport the children to an adjoining public school, the contract con-taming a provision that no bills would be audited or paid for transporting children to any other than a public school. Shortly after entering into the…
1Opinion of the CourtRosenberry, J.
Sec. 3 of art. X of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin provides:
“The legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable; and such schools shall be free and without charge for tuition to all children between the ages of four and twenty years; and no sectarian instruction shall be allowed therein.”
In Stroud v. Stevens Point, 37 Wis. 367, it is said:
“It should be borne in mind that school districts are not formally chartered corporations, but are to be regarded rather as g«£OT-corporations, variable in organization…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Herald v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Kavanaugh v. City of WausauWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Stroud v. City of Stevens PointWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Doyle v. GillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Hubbard v. Town of LyndonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by37 opinions
- Judd v. Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 2New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Gurney v. FergusonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
- Bowker v. BakerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- Board of Education v. WheatCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
- Mitchell v. Consolidated School District No. 201Washington Supreme Court · 1943
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