Valentine v. Independent School District of Casey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie District Court. — H. S. Dugan, Judge. Aotion for a writ of mandate to compel the officers of the Independent School District of Casey, Iowa, to execute and deliver to the plaintiff a diploma certifying her graduation on May 30, 1918, from the Casey high school in said district, and to execute ánd deliver. to her a certified copy of her scholastic grades during her four years of attendance in said high school.
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Appeal from Guthrie District Court. — H. S. Dugan, Judge. Aotion for a writ of mandate to compel the officers of the Independent School District of Casey, Iowa, to execute and deliver to the plaintiff a diploma certifying her graduation on May 30, 1918, from the Casey high school in said district, and to execute ánd deliver. to her a certified copy of her scholastic grades during her four years of attendance in said high school. Judgment was entered, granting the writ commanding the defendants to execute and deliver to the plaintiff a diploma, as evidence of her graduation, and to issue a…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Graee, J.
l. Schools ahd SOHOOL DISTRICTS : directors : duty to issue diploma. The evening of May 30, 1918, had been selected for the commencement exercises of the Casey high school, in the auditorium of the high-school building. The last chapter in the history of the class of 1918 was about to be written, and the period placed at the end of the sentence of the high-school life of the prospective graduates. Six young girls, who *1102bad finished the prescribed course of study with satisfactory grades, presented themselves for the honors of graduation, and it was the intent of the school officers by public…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kinzer v. Directors of Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Burdick v. BabcockSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Valentine v. Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Sweitzer ex rel. Sweitzer v. FisherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
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