Kayser v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas G. Hennings, Judge. (1) A rule requiring the examination of applicants coming from other schools is valid if the Harris Teachers’ College is a “free public school.” Creyhon v. Board of Education, 163 Pac. (Kan.) 145. (2) A rule requiring the examination of applicants coming from other schools is valid, as the Harris Teachers’ College is not a “free public school.”
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas G. Hennings, Judge. (1) A rule requiring the examination of applicants coming from other schools is valid if the Harris Teachers’ College is a “free public school.” Creyhon v. Board of Education, 163 Pac. (Kan.) 145. (2) A rule requiring the examination of applicants coming from other schools is valid, as the Harris Teachers’ College is not a “free public school.” It is hut an instrumentality conducted by the Board of Education for the benefit of the St. Louis public school system. The institution is, therefore, not open to all, but…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
By this suit, instituted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, respondents seek to have declared null and void certain rules and regula*646tions made by the defendant concerning the admission of students to the Harris Teachers’ College conducted by the defendants in the city of St. Louis, and to enjoin the defendants from enforcing said regulations against respondent Marie E. Kayser.
Defendants filed a demurrer to the petition, which was overruled, and the defendants refusing to plead further a decree was entered granting the relief prayed. Thereupon defendants duly appealed.
The petition,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Creyhon v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lynch v. Commissioner of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944