Wheat v. Adair County Board of Education

CULLEN, Commissioner.

A group of fathers of school children of elementary grade, residents of Adair County, brought action against the board of education of Adair County, at the commencement of the 1969-70 school year, seeking that the board be compelled to pay tuition for attendance of the children at schools of Russell County. The board moved that the complaint be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The circuit court sustained the motion and entered judgment dismissing the action, from which judgment the plaintiff fathers have appealed.

Five of the…