Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Beiler
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 12, 1951No. Appeals, 18 and 19PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reno, J.,
Samuel and Levi Beiler were convicted in summary proceedings before a justice of the peace and on appeal in the court below of violating the compulsory attendance provisions of the Public School Code of 1949, P. L. 30, 24 P.S. §1-101 et seq. They are members of the Old Order Amish Church, and their separate appeals invoke the protection of religious freedom guaranteed by the State and Federal Constitutions.
Samuel is the father of Naomi Beiler; Levi is the father of Jacob Beiler. Both children are 14 years of age, have completed and passed the eighth grade in the public…
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