Dritt v. Snodgrass
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Moniteau Circuit Court. — Hon. G-eorge W. Miller, Judge. 1. The privilege granted to the^ youth of this State by the statute, in obedience to the command of the constition, (Art. 9, Sec. 1,) to receive instruction in our public schools, is a legal right, as mush as any vested right in property. Ward v. Elood, 48 Cal. 36. 2. The law may be said to confer upon the school board general powers.
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Error to Moniteau Circuit Court. — Hon. G-eorge W. Miller, Judge. 1. The privilege granted to the^ youth of this State by the statute, in obedience to the command of the constition, (Art. 9, Sec. 1,) to receive instruction in our public schools, is a legal right, as mush as any vested right in property. Ward v. Elood, 48 Cal. 36. 2. The law may be said to confer upon the school board general powers. They are ministerial officers clothed with discretionary powers partaking of a judicial character ; but the law implies that all their acts, their rules and regulations for the government of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
— The cause was commenced and final judgment entered upon demurrer to second amended petition in the circuit court of Moniteau county, Missouri. The record consists of the second amended petition, the separate demurrer of Snodgrass and Redmond, and the separate demurrer of Frederick, and the judgment of the court upon the demurrers.
The petition avers that Joseph E. Dritt is a minor, under "21 years of age — that John B. Dritt was appointed his next friend by the clerk of the circuit court of said county; hence this suit is prosecuted to the use of Joseph E. Dritt, by his next friend, John B.…
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