Byrd v. Begley

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Reversing.

Bruce Begley, who is nineteen years of age, was a student in the Leslie County High School. The superintendent of the school is E. M. Byrd, and the county superintendent of schools is John D. Begley. In the fall of 1935, Superintendent Byrd suspended' Bruce Begley from the school and told him that if permitted to return, it must he on the condition that he appear and make a public apology before all the students assembled. The suspension was approved by the county superintendent, and the county board of education declined to take any action…