Sheehan v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Catherine Sheehan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of March, 1907, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of March) 1907, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes,
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
In June, 1894, the' appellant was appointed principal of Public School Ho. 2, Woodhaven, county of Queens, and continuously held that position until August, 1898, when she was reassigned to the position of teacher in another school. At the time of such reassignment her salary as principal was $750, and the salary of the position to which she was reassigned as teacher, was $1,000. At that time there was no statutory provision fixing the minimum salaries to be" paid teachers, and it was not necessary that salaries be uniform. (See Laws of 1897, chap. 378, § 1091.) Said section was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Callahan v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Ryan v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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