Lake Farm v. District Board of School District No. 2
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Kalamazoo; Stewart, J. Mandamus by Lake Farm, a corporation, against the district board of school district No. 2, township of Kalamazoo, to require respondent to admit to the public schools two boys, inmates of the relator’s institution. Writ granted and defendant brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
The relator is a private corporation; organized under the laws of this State. Its purposes, as expressed in article 2 of its articles of association, are the “support, care and education of homeless and needy boys and the promotion of their moral and material needs.” It is maintained solely by private subscriptions and donations, and its principal *172office and place of business is in the city of Kalamazoo. For the purposes as above stated it maintains a farm in the township of Kalamazoo, a part of which, including the building in which the boys are kept, is situated within the boundaries of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. School District No. 1 of Waukesha v. ThayerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- Commonwealth ex rel. Fry v. Directors of Upper Swatara Township School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Commonwealth ex rel. Parris v. Directors of Brookville Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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- Crain v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- I. O. O. F. v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
- Cline v. KnightSupreme Court of Colorado · 1943