Cole v. District Board of School Dist. No. 29
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, McIntosh County; Preslie B. Cole, Judge. Action by Morton Cole and others against the District Board of School District No. 29, County of McIntosh, for writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to admit the plaintiffs into the white school of that district. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The plaintiffs were denied admission to the white school in the district in which they resided on the ground that they were negroes. They brought action to compel the district board to admit them. The case was tried in the district court, and the issues were submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, on which judgment was rendered by the court.
The first error complained of is in giving the following instruction :
“You are further instructed that in determining the blood and race of the plaintiffs you may take into consideration any evidence…
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