Tennessee Supreme Court September 15, 1920 (Covell v. State)

Mr. Justice Bachman

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Compulsory education of children in Tennessee is required by chapter 9 of the Public Acts of 1913, as amend*572ed by chapter 143 of the Public Acts of 1919, which provides as follows:

“Every parent, guardian, or other person, in the State of Tennessee, having charge or control of any child between the ages of seven and sixteen years,