Hotchkiss v. Montrose County High School District

The plaintiff Hotchkiss, a minor fourteen years of age, who resides in the Montrose County High School District, by her father as her natural guardian, brought this action against the district of her residence to recover the sum of $7.35 which she alleges that she paid as a tuition fee to the Ouray County High School where she attended as a pupil. There is no allegation in the complaint that the defendant Montrose County District assented to, or had any voice in, the selection by the plaintiff of a district school which she chose to attend. The action is avowedly based upon a state statute…