State ex rel. O'Bannon v. Cole
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court.- — Hon. Louis Hoffman, Judge. (1) The courts refrain from interference with school regulations not oppressive or arbitrary and which are needful for the moral and physical health of the pupils.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court.- — Hon. Louis Hoffman, Judge. (1) The courts refrain from interference with school regulations not oppressive or arbitrary and which are needful for the moral and physical health of the pupils. King v. School Board, 71 Mo. 628 ; Deskins v. G-ose, 85 Mo. 485; Dritt v. Snodgrass, 66 Mo. 286. (2) If smallpox is prevalent, as shown in this record, then even without express statutory authority, vaccination may he required as a condition precedent to the right to attend school. Duffield v. Williamsport School Dist., 162 Pa. St. 476; Field v. Robinson, 198 Pa. St.…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Relator is a resident taxpayer of the city of Sedaba, and of the Sedaba school district. He is also the father of two children, aged between eight and fourteen years, which were excluded from the public schools of said district by reason of the action of the defendants who constitute the board of directors of the defendant school district of the city of Sedaba.
The board of directors of said school district on December 4, 1908, made the following order:
“Whereas it has come to the knowledge of the board of education that smallpox exists within the school district; that they deem it necessary…
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