Black v. Cornell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Knox Circuit Court, Hon. Ben. E. Turner, Judge. Our school law was first made for white children alone, and in construing it that fact must be kept before the mind —that the powers indicated have been fully granted to the districts and directors, we cite Revised Statutes, sections 7031, 7032, 7033, 7044, 7045, 7046; Acts 1881, pp. 199, 200, 201, 209; Acts 1883, p. 185; Acts, 1885, pp. 239, 240. Colored schools were established but no provision as to building…
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Appeal from the Knox Circuit Court, Hon. Ben. E. Turner, Judge. Our school law was first made for white children alone, and in construing it that fact must be kept before the mind —that the powers indicated have been fully granted to the districts and directors, we cite Revised Statutes, sections 7031, 7032, 7033, 7044, 7045, 7046; Acts 1881, pp. 199, 200, 201, 209; Acts 1883, p. 185; Acts, 1885, pp. 239, 240. Colored schools were established but no provision as to building schoolhouses for them was made. After they were established we find a provision in our school law for paying rent, and…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This was a proceeding by taxpayers to restrain by injunction two of the defendants, who are directors of a school district, and a third defendant, who is treasurer of Knox county, from maintaining a supplementary public school in the town of Hurdland, in that county, in addition to the school which is maintained in the schoolhouse of the district, about half a mile from Hurdland. An injunction was granted by two county court justices, but afterwards in the circuit court a demurrer to the petition was sustained and the injunction dissolved.
The petition shows that a public school, presided over…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ranney v. BaderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
- Rubey v. ShainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Buchanan v. School District of HannibalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
- Seibert v. BottsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
3Cited by5 opinions
- Black v. RossMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
- Fugate v. McManamaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Kavanaugh v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Kemper v. LongSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
- Shackleford v. City of JeffersonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912