Legal Opinion
Chestang v. Burns
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 26, 1953No. 1 Div. 498PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
This is a mandamus proceeding instituted in the circuit court of Mobile County whereby relators seek to require the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County and the Superintendent of Education of that county to admit their son to the public school for white children in their school district. From a judgment denying the petition, this appeal is prosecuted.
In State ex rel. Farmer v. Board of School Com’rs of Mobile County, 226 Ala. 62, 145 So. 575, we reviewed the constitutional and statutory provisions which relate to the maintenance of race autonomy and separate public…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. Bd. of School Com'rs of Mobile CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Ex Parte ConeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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