HEINTZ v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

[No. 179, October Term, 1956.]

213 Md. 340 (1957)

131 A.2d 869

HEINTZ ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HOWARD COUNTY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Washington Williams and C. Maurice Weidemeyer for the appellants.

Briefs of amici curiae supporting the appellants were filed by Thomas F. Cadwalader and John Brockenbrough Fox.

Jerome A. Loughran for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.


COLLINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment for costs entered as a result of the sustaining of a demurrer, without leave to amend, to the petition of the appellants, for a writ of mandamus, and dismissing that petition.

The petitioners, residents and taxpayers of Howard County, allege that the law requires the operation of separate schools for white and negro children in Howard County and in the State generally...

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