McHench v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendánt, The Board of Education of the City of New York, from a judgment of the .Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff. This is an action for $500 of alleged unpaid balance of salary to the plaintiff as a school principal.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
Chapter 751 of the Laws of 1900 (sec. 4, being sec. 1091 of the city charter) empowered the board of education of the city of New York to adopt by-laws fixing a schedule of salaries of all of the teachers in the common schools of the city. It required that said salaries should be uniform in the respective grades and throughout the whole city. It thus prescribed a complete system. The board adopted such a schedule. We have to do here only with the salaries of women principals of schools of not less than twelve classes. The schedule fixes the minimum and maximum salaries therefor at…
2Cited by1 opinion
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