Field v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was a quo warranto at the suit of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex relatione Jonathan K. Krewson, against William A. Field, to inquire by what authority the defendant claimed to exercise the office of county superintendent of common schools for the county of Schuylkill.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was a quo warranto at the suit of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex relatione Jonathan K. Krewson, against William A. Field, to inquire by what authority the defendant claimed to exercise the office of county superintendent of common schools for the county of Schuylkill. The information set forth that the relator, Jonathan K. Krewson, was duly elected and commissioned as county superintendent of common schools for the said county of Schuylkill for the term of three years, from the first Monday of June 1857; and that he entered upon and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Read, J. —
The question in this case is, whether the power of removal of county superintendents, vested in the superintendent of common schools, has been legally exercised in this instance. To determine this, it is necessary briefly t'o state the legislative provisions upon this subject.
The school directors of the several counties of the Commonwealth meet triennially in convention, and select vivA voce, by a majority of the whole number of directors present, one person of literary and scientific acquirements, and of skill and experience in the art of…
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