City of Philadelphia v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe'District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia. ■ This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover a sum of money alleged to be due to the plaintiff in the court below, for her salary as .a teacher in the Girls’ High and Normal School of the city of Philadelphia. The plaintiff below obtained a verdict for $261.83, on which the court entered judgment.
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Error to tbe'District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia. ■ This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover a sum of money alleged to be due to the plaintiff in the court below, for her salary as .a teacher in the Girls’ High and Normal School of the city of Philadelphia. The plaintiff below obtained a verdict for $261.83, on which the court entered judgment. A Normal School for the instruction of girls had been established by the Controllers of Public Schools. Its chief object was to supply teachers for the grammar schools for girls in the county of Philadelphia, and none were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
From an examination of the Acts of Assembly, to which our attention has been directed in this case, it is apparent that everything pertaining to the public schools, within the city and county of Philadelphia, has been committed to the Board of Controllers, excepting only the public purse, which has been kept carefully in the-hands of the City Councils. The Controllers have power to establish schools, to provide school-books, to make rules and regulations for the conduct of the schools, to appoint teachers, and to fix their salaries, but…
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