Hughes v. Outlaw
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Petition for mandamus by J. W. Outlaw and others against N. B. Hughes, as teacher, and the members of the Board of Education to compel them to admit relators’ children to a public school without payment of a fee of $1 per month for each pupil. From a judgment granting the writ, respondent named appeals.
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Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Petition for mandamus by J. W. Outlaw and others against N. B. Hughes, as teacher, and the members of the Board of Education to compel them to admit relators’ children to a public school without payment of a fee of $1 per month for each pupil. From a judgment granting the writ, respondent named appeals. Petition sets up that the relators are patrons of the school at Cottonwood, which they allege to be a public school, and that each of them have children of school age who are denied admittance to and attendance upon the school…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Proceeding for mandamus to compel appellant, a public school teacher, to receive the children of appellees as pupils without a charge for tuition levied by the trustees of the school.
The substantive right of appellees has been several times declared by this court in accordance with the determination of the circuit court in this case. — Bryant v. Whisenant, 167 Ala. 325, 52 South. 525; Roberson v. Oliver, 189 Ala. 82, 66 South. 645; Williams v. Smith, 192 Ala. 428, 68 South. 323; Ryan v. Sawyer, 195 Ala. 69, 70 South. 652.(1) All the petitioners on the amended petition were asserting the same…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bryant v. WhisenantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Roberson v. OliverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Ryan v. SawyerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Williams v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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