Inhabitants of Haverhill v. Gale
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
.Contract on an account annexed for the tuition of Emma S.iGale and Channing Gale in the plaintiffs’ high school during 1867 and 1868; submitted to the judgment of the superior court, and, on appeal, of this court, upon a statement of agreed facts, of which the following is the material part. “ The defendant is, and always has been, a resident of Newton in New Hampshire.
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.Contract on an account annexed for the tuition of Emma S.iGale and Channing Gale in the plaintiffs’ high school during 1867 and 1868; submitted to the judgment of the superior court, and, on appeal, of this court, upon a statement of agreed facts, of which the following is the material part. “ The defendant is, and always has been, a resident of Newton in New Hampshire. His minor children, named in the declaration, attended the school in Haverhill in Massachusetts during the time claimed; coming from Newton Monday mornings, and occupying rooms which the defendant had hired for them; and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The laws of this Commonwealth for the establishment and maintenance of public schools are designed to provide schools in each town or district for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof, and not for the benefit of residents in other towns or districts. It is only in a few exceptional cases, specified by statute, that the inhabitants of one town can send their children to the public schools in any other town; and, except in such cases and upon such conditions as are thus provided by law, towns have no authority to open their schools to children of the inhabitants of other towns. If they do…
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