People ex rel. Workman v. Board of Education
Michigan Supreme Court
Manclmmis to the Board of Education of the City of Detroit. It appeared that in April, 1868, the relator duly and properly applied for the admission of. his child, a mulatto, of more than' one-fourth African blood, into the Duffield Union or Tenth Ward School of the city of Detroit, and was refused.
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Manclmmis to the Board of Education of the City of Detroit. It appeared that in April, 1868, the relator duly and properly applied for the admission of. his child, a mulatto, of more than' one-fourth African blood, into the Duffield Union or Tenth Ward School of the city of Detroit, and was refused. That, at the time of said application, there was room for relator’s child in said school; that at the present time there is room for scholars in said school; that the relator is a mulatto, residing and owning property in the city of Detroit, and paying taxes thereon, including a tax for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley Ch. J.
Under the general laAV of the state, entitled “Of primary schools,” the several toAvnships are divided by the township boards of school inspectors into districts, each of which is a corporation, Avith officers chosen by its members, and Avith large powers in the establishment and control of schools, the management and disposition of school moneys, and the levying and collection of taxes. These districts generally have a single school house only, and they need only the simple machinery prescribed by the general law for the proper performance of their corporate functions. For the…
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