Marshall County Board of Education v. State Ex Rel. Williams

LAWSON, Justice.

The main question for determination on this appeal is, what is the minimum age at which children may be admitted into the public elementary schools of Alabama?

Section 298, Title 52, Code of 1940, reads as follows: “A child who is six years of age on or before October first shall be entitled to admission to public elementary schools at the opening of such schools for that school year or as soon as practicable thereafter; a child who is under six years of age on October first shall not be entitled to admission to such schools during that school year, except that a child who…