Thurman-Watts v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus brought to compel the board of education of the city of Coffeyville to admit to the Roosevelt junior high school of that city, a daughter of the plaintiff who has completed the eighth grade and is ready to enter the ninth grade or high school. Plaintiff is a resident taxpayer of the city,of Coffeyville. She and her daughter are colored. Her daughter is sixteen years of age.

The controversy turns largely on the question whether or not the ninth grade is a part of the high school. Coffeyville is a…