Stockton v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

By section 50 of the School law, passed at the special session of the legislature October 19th, 1903, the board of education of the city of Burlington has the supervision, control and management of the public schools in that city. In January, 1904, the relator’s two daughters were transferred by the supervising principal from the schools which they had previously attended to another public school, and on February 24th, 1904, the relator applied to the board to restore his children to the former schools. A lengthy correspondence ensued, the…