Board of Trustees of Stanford Graded Common School District v. Powell

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

Annie Rogers Powell, a girl twelve years of age was denied free admission to the Stanford graded school, and brought this suit against the trustees to obtain a mandamus requiring them to admit her. The circuit court awarded her a mandamus as prayed; the trustees appeal.

__ The facts of the case are these: The mother of the child died when she was five years old, leaving her and two younger sisters with no home. Her father is a day laborer living outside of the school district with no home of his own and no means of acquiring one. When his…