Moore v. Monroe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Davis District Court. The plaintiff, as a resident and tax-payer of the independent district of Bloomfield, and patron of the public school taught in the district, brings this action against the teachers of the school and directors of the district, and prays for an injunction to prevent the reading or repeating of the Bible, or any part thereof, in the school, and to prevent the singing of religious songs in the school.
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Appeal from Davis District Court. The plaintiff, as a resident and tax-payer of the independent district of Bloomfield, and patron of the public school taught in the district, brings this action against the teachers of the school and directors of the district, and prays for an injunction to prevent the reading or repeating of the Bible, or any part thereof, in the school, and to prevent the singing of religious songs in the school. The court refused to grant an injunction, and from the order of refusal the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
The record shows that the teachers of the school are accustomed to occupy a few minutes each morning in reading selections from the Bible, in repeating the Lord’s prayer, and singing religious songs; that the plaintiff has two children in the school, but that they are not required to be present during the time thus occupied. The record further shows that the plaintiff objected to such exercises, and requested that they be discontinued; but that the teachers refused to discontinue them, and the directors refused to take any action in the matter.
The plaintiff concedes' that under a statute of…
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