Board of Education v. Hobbs
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Canadian County; before John C. Tarsney, District Judge. TMs action was begun by Joseph Hobbs, an infant, through W. W. English, his next friend, against the board of education of the city of El Reno, by an application on behalf of the plaintiff for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to permit the infant to enter a school in the said city, and under the charge and control of the defendant, and to grant him such privileges as are…
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Error from the District Court of Canadian County; before John C. Tarsney, District Judge. TMs action was begun by Joseph Hobbs, an infant, through W. W. English, his next friend, against the board of education of the city of El Reno, by an application on behalf of the plaintiff for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to permit the infant to enter a school in the said city, and under the charge and control of the defendant, and to grant him such privileges as are granted to all persons of school age properly entitled to the benefits of the public schools of the district. An alternative…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
McAtee, J.:
It was shown in the cause that the parents of the plaintiff, for whose benefit the action was brought, had resided in El Reno for a number of years, and had property there, but that they had separated. The testimony was conflicting as to whether either of them had established a home or residence elsewhere. The plaintiff child in this case had resided continuously in El Reno, and had attended its schools uniformly, with an interruption of a year or more, in which he was with his father at Enid, where his father was doing business. Evidence tending to show the…
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