MARSHALL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION v. STATE

8 Div. 471.

42 So.2d 24 (1949)

MARSHALL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. v. STATE ex rel. WILLIAMS et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 18, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen., L. E. Barton and Joe Starnes, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Claud D. Scruggs, of Guntersville, for appellants.

Marion F. Lusk, of Guntersville, for appellees.


LAWSON, Justice.

The main question for determination on this appeal is, what is the minimum age at which children may be admitted into the public elementary schools of Alabama?

Section 298, Title 52, Code of 1940, reads as follows: "A child who is six years of age on or before October first shall be entitled to admission to public elementary schools at the opening of such schools for that school year or as soon as practicable thereafter; a child who is under...

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