Jones v. City of Fitchburg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort under R. L. c. 44, § 7, for the unlawful exclusion of the plaintiff from the defendant’s public schools. Writ dated May 9, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Bell, J. The reply, referred to in the opinion, of the defendant’s school committee to the letter of the plaintiff’s father asking for a statement in writing of the reasons for the plaintiff’s exclusion from the school stated the following: “At a meeting of the school board of this city held upon…
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Tort under R. L. c. 44, § 7, for the unlawful exclusion of the plaintiff from the defendant’s public schools. Writ dated May 9, 1908. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Bell, J. The reply, referred to in the opinion, of the defendant’s school committee to the letter of the plaintiff’s father asking for a statement in writing of the reasons for the plaintiff’s exclusion from the school stated the following: “At a meeting of the school board of this city held upon above date, the visiting committee of. the Ashburnham Street School reported to the board that your daughter Pauline…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The general management of the public schools having been conferred on the school committee, the plaintiff’s exclusion was not unlawful unless they acted in violation of the provisions of R. L. c. 44, §§ 7, 8, under which the action is brought. Bishop v. Rowley, 165 Mass. 460. Morrison v. Lawrence, 186 Mass. 456, 459. R. L. c. 42, § 27. At the grammar school where she attended, a course in civil government had been prescribed in which the functions of the various officers required by the defendant’s system of municipal administration were exemplified by the pupils, and while in the performance…
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- Lord v. GoldbergCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- Morrison v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Bishop v. Inhabitants of RowleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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