Cartwright v. Board of Education

Citations

• 73 Kan. 32
• 84 P. 382
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 199

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Mandamus — Admission of a Minor to Public Schools — Parties. A father whose minor child is living with him may maintain an action in mandamus in his own name to compel a board of education to admit his child to the public school.</p> <p>2. Public Schools — Separate Schools — Powers of Board of Education. In the absence of a statute a board of education of a city of the second class has no right to establish separate public schools for white and colored children, or to exclude a colored pupil from any public school, which it is otherwise eligible to attend, for the reason only that such pupil is colored.</p>