State ex rel. Weiss v. District Board of School District No. Eight
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Booh County. The relators filed their petition in the circuit court for Rock county, praying that a writ of mandamus issue to the district board of school district No. 8 of the city of Edger-ton, in said county, commanding said board to cause the teachers in the public schools of that district to discontinue the practice, which had theretofore prevailed, of reading therein selections from the Bible.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Booh County. The relators filed their petition in the circuit court for Rock county, praying that a writ of mandamus issue to the district board of school district No. 8 of the city of Edger-ton, in said county, commanding said board to cause the teachers in the public schools of that district to discontinue the practice, which had theretofore prevailed, of reading therein selections from the Bible. The petition is as follows : “ The petition of Frederick Weiss, W. H. Morrissey, Thomas Mooney, James McBride, J. C. Burns, and John Corbett respectfully shows…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoh, J.
The petitioners are residents and tax-payers of the city of Edgerton, and their children are pupils in the public schools, of that city. They allege in their petition that certain of the teachers, employed by the district board having charge of such schools, read daily to the pupils therein, during school hours, certain portions of King James’ version of the Bible, selected by the teachers; and that the petitioners have requested the district board to require the teachers to discontinue such practice, but the board refuses to do so. The petitioners further allege that *188such'practice is a…
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