Board of Education v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

In this action, commenced on October 3, 1922, the plaintiff seeks to recover tuition under what is commonly known as the Barnes high-school law. Verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

The facts on which the plaintiff seeks to recover are substantially as follows: Both Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties were operating schools under the Barnes high-school law. A number of pupils from Leavenworth county attended the high school at Bonner Springs, in Wyandotte county, for a number of years, for…