King v. Jefferson City School Board
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. cited Sewell v. Board of Education, 29 Ohio St. 89; Spiller v. Woburn, 12 Allen 127; Burdick v. Babcock, 81 Iowa 562; Ferriter v. Tyler, 48 Vt. 444; Stephenson o. Hall, 14 Barb. 22á; Britt v. Snodgrass, 66 Mo. 286. cited Ex parte Frank, 52 Cal. 606; s. c., 7 Cent. Law Jour. 16; State ex rel. Kennedy x.-Union Merch. Exchange, 2 Mo. App. 96; s. e., 8 Cent. Law Jour. 290.
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
The only question in this case is whether rule 11, adopted and enforced by the board of the Jefferson City school district, in the case of the plaintiff’s son, is a-legal one. The question arose on a demurrer to defendant’s answer, which set up a breach of this rule by plaintiff’s son as a justification for his suspension. The circuit court sustained the demurrer. The rule is as follows : “Any pupil absent six half days in four consecutive weeks, without satisfactory excuse, shall be suspended from school.” The statute provides, (R. S. 1879, §7045,) that “the board shall have the power to…
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