Roberson v. Oliver
Supreme Court of Alabama
•Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. E. Blackwood. Mandamus by W. E. Oliver and others against P. E. Boberson and others, constituting the Board of Education of the Coal City School District, to compel the board to allow the children of relators to attend the public school free of tuition. From an order granting the writ, defendants appeal.
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•Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. E. Blackwood. Mandamus by W. E. Oliver and others against P. E. Boberson and others, constituting the Board of Education of the Coal City School District, to compel the board to allow the children of relators to attend the public school free of tuition. From an order granting the writ, defendants appeal. The bill alleges that each relator resides within the school district, and that each have children numbering from 1 to 4 of the school age, and entitled to be taught in the said public school. It is further alleged that the board of…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAEEENRIED, J.
In the case of Bryant v. Whisenant, 167 Ala. 325, 52 South. 525, 140 Am. St. Rep. 41, this court, after careful consideration, declared that: “Chapter 41 of the Code of 1907, which relates to the public school system of the state, contemplates that tuition shall be absolutely free to all minors of the state over the age of seven.”
In this same case the court also declared that school boards have a right to fix a reasonable incidental fee for heating and lighting the schoolroom, etc., and that they have the right to require, by reasonable regulations, that each child within…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bryant v. WhisenantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Hughes v. OutlawSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Shirey v. City Board of Education of Fort PayneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Kennedy v. County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
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