Davenport v. Cloverport
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky
In Equity. Bill by W. B. Davenport, Anderson De Haven, Wesley Valentine, Bessie Davenport, Ella De Haven, and Amelia Valentine (the latter three, being infants, under 20 years of age, sue by the former, as their next friends) against the board of trustees of the Cloverport High School, a corporation created by the laws of the commonwealth of Kentucky, and A. B. Skillman, the treasurer of said board. Heard on demurrer to the bill. Dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
BARR, District Judge.
This suit was brought by the complainants, who are of African descent, and citizens of the United States, and who bring, the suit by their next friends, they themselves being colored children of school age, under the law's of the state of Kentucky. The bill sets out that by an act of the legislature adopted February 23, 1876, there was a consolidation of two school districts, which embrace the lown of Cloverport, and created the board of trustees of the Cloverpoiit High School, to be elected by the white qualified voters of said district; and that there was authorized,…
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