BALLOU v. KEMP

No. 6888.

92 F.2d 556 (1937)

BALLOU v. KEMP.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 9, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood H. Seal, Corporation Counsel, and Vernon E. West, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for appellant.

Robert E. Lynch, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.


STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

In this case the appellee, Lois Kemp, an infant who sues through her father and guardian John S. Kemp, seeks the issuance of a writ of mandamus against the appellant Frank W. Ballou, Superintendent of Schools in the District of Columbia, to compel him to admit her as a pupil in the public schools of the District and to compel him to direct that she be taught free of tuition.

The case arose as follows: John S. Kemp and his daughter...

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