Board Ed. v. Booth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 93 — Action fob Mandatory Injunction — APPEAL FROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. Appellant John Morris, superintendent of the public schools of the oity of Covington, expelled Camilla G. Booth from the High School of said city, for writing an essay which he and her teacher, Miss Ella Shay, considered grossly insulting to Miss Shay, deserving expulsion.
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Case 93 — Action fob Mandatory Injunction — APPEAL FROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. Appellant John Morris, superintendent of the public schools of the oity of Covington, expelled Camilla G. Booth from the High School of said city, for writing an essay which he and her teacher, Miss Ella Shay, considered grossly insulting to Miss Shay, deserving expulsion. The superintendent reported his action to the board of education of said city, which board concurred in his action. At a meeting of the board before concurrence by it in the action of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE GUFFY
Reversing.
It appears from the petition in this action that the plaintiff for a number of years had been a pupil in the public school of the city of Covington, and that she was expelled therefrom; and this action was instituted for the purpose of obtaining a mandatory injunction to compel the authorities of said city school to permit plaintiff to continue as a pupil in said school. It is substantially alleged in the petition that the superintendent, Morris, wrongfully, maliciously and without cause or provocation, expelled plaintiff from the public school of…
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