Rosedale · 29 September 1924 – 5 November 1924
Bolivar Circuit Court petition, demurrer, and judgment
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NARA RG 267, Case File 31534, digital objects 010, 013, 015–017
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That an order had been issued by the Board of Trustees [...] excluding her from attending said school, solely on the ground and for the reason that she was of Chinese descent
The petition alleged that Martha Lum was excluded from school in Rosedale because of her Chinese descent.
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Source-ledger reading; no independent human or community review.
Independent proof of the alleged board order or W. F. Bond instruction.
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What is being asked for here, and on what grounds?
The petition states that the board of trustees ordered Martha Lum's exclusion, and that the stated reason was her Chinese descent. This is the family's pleading as filed: it is the allegation the court was asked to act on, not an agreed finding of fact.
What would I need in order to say why she was really excluded?
The trustees' own order or minutes. This document preserves what the petition alleged about that order; the order itself is not reproduced here.