I. O. O. F. v. Board of Education
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Randolph County. Petition by the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of West Virginia against the Board of Education of the Independent School District of Elkins and Boyd Wees and another, members of said board, and W. W. Trent, superintendent of schools of said district, for peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the admission of children from the petitioner’s orphans’ home to the public schools of said district, in which an…
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Error to Circuit Court, Randolph County. Petition by the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of West Virginia against the Board of Education of the Independent School District of Elkins and Boyd Wees and another, members of said board, and W. W. Trent, superintendent of schools of said district, for peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the admission of children from the petitioner’s orphans’ home to the public schools of said district, in which an alternative writ was issued, to which the defendants demurred. Demurrer sustained, writ quashed, and judgment entered against the…
1Opinion of the Court
Meredith, Judge:
The petitioner applied by petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus against the Board of Education of the Independent School District of Elkins, Boyd Wees and Dr. C. H. Hall, the only members of said Board, and W. W. Trent, superintendent of schools of said district, alleging that the *11Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of West Virginia, under authority of chapter 55-A, section 32-b, Barnes Code, 1918, has acquired about 100 acres of land near the city of Elkins and has established a home thereon for “the care and support of the orphans and widows of deceased…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ashley v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
- Morrison v. Smith-Pocahontas Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
- Commonwealth ex rel. Fry v. Directors of Upper Swatara Township School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Lake Farm v. District Board of School District No. 2Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by14 opinions
- Detch v. Board of Education of County of GreenbrierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
- Hosier Ex Rel. Hosier Ex Rel. De Vallard v. EvansDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1970
- State Ex Rel. Board of Christian Service of Lutheran Minnesota Conference v. School Board of Consolidated School District No. 3Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Crain v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- School Township of Seventy-Six of Muscatine County v. NicholsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
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