Legal Opinion

Ducker v. . Venable

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 1, 1900PublishedCited by 3 opinions

ActioN for mandamus against County Superintendent of Buncombe County to require bim to sign and seal school order issued to teacher in public schools, returnable before Ooble, J., at Chambers in Asheville, on November 18, 1899. The defendant moved to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, alleging that the action should have been returnable at term. Motion allowed, and plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtFurches, J.

This is an application for mandamus brought before the Judge of the Superior Court at Chambers.

The plaintiff alleges in his complaint-that he is a teacher of common schools, and is regularly authorized to teach, having stood his examination and received a first-grade certificate as such teacher; that ha contracted to teach a school of four months in District No. 5, of Buncombe County; that this contract was made with the school committee of said school district; that he had 'taught three months, had made all the reports'required by law, and had orders signed by three of the committee of said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Granville County Board of Education v. State Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. Rogers v. . JenkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  2. Jones v. Commissioners.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  3. Jones v. Commissioners.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904

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