Clark v. Board of Trustees of Loper Line Consolidated School District

Citations

• 117 Miss. 234
• 78 So. 145

Syllabus

<p>Mandamus. Exclusion of children from school.</p> <p>A citizens who has a lawful right to enter his children in a public school, and who has been wrongfully denied this right, may, if he so elects, pursue the remedy of appealing to the school authorities, as provided in the statutes, for relief against such wrong; but he is not limited to such procedure, nor is he compelled to first pursue the remedy provided by the statute but may bring his complaint into the courts by mandamus without resorting to an appeal, to the school authorities.</p>