Board of Education v. Lease

Opinion

This, is an appeal from a proceeding by mandamus, wherein the appellee obtained a judicial order requiring the appellant to admit the wards of appellee to the common school of the district. The only question was whether the said wards were entitled to school privileges in the district. The issue was tried by jury and found for the appellee and judgment followed. The parents of these children, who reside in the State of Alabama, had placed them under care and control of the appellee, who is their aunt, for an indefinite period, that is to say, as long at least as she should remain in…