Woolridge v. Board of Education

Citations

• 98 Kan. 397
• 157 P. 1184
• 1916 Kan. LEXIS 95

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Schools — Separate Schools for Colored Pupils — Findings of Commissioner Appointed to Take Testimony. In an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the superintendent of city schools and the board of education of a city of the second class to admit colored pupils to the grades to which they were assigned at the opening of the term of school, to refrain from requiring such colored pupils to attend a separate school provided for pupils of the colored race, and to refrain from discriminating against such pupils on account of their race or color, it is proper for the commissioner appointed by the court for the purpose of taking testimony and making findings of fact and conclusions of law to make findings of fact showing everything that the superintendent of schools and the board of education did with reference to the schools.</p> <p>2. Same. It is not necessary for such a commissioner to make findings of fact on matters entirely outside the issues made by the pleadings.</p> <p>3. Same — Separate 1Schools for Colored Pupils — Unlawful. In a city of the second class neither the superintendent of schools nor the board of education has authority to separate pupils of the negro race from those of the white race on account of race or color.</p>