Legal Opinion · Dissent

Van Dyke v. School District Number 77

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 24, 1906No. 6204Published

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered December 19, 1905, upton findings in favor of tbe plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action against a school district by a discharged teacher to' recover salary.

1DissentRudkin, J.

(dissenting)- — I dissent. Statutes have been in force in this state, almost ever since the organization of this court, permitting appeals from orders and decisions of boards of school directors to- county school superintendents, and from county school superintendents to the superintendent of public instruction, and, yet, it is announced at this late day for the first time, that a party aggrieved hy the action of a hoard of school directors must exhaust his remedy hy appeal before he can resort to the courts for redress. If the question were here for the first time, I might acquiesce in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Splaine v. School District No. 122Washington Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Taylor v. School District No. 7Washington Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Fitzgerald v. School District No. 20Washington Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Trumbull v. School District No. 7Washington Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Kennedy v. School District No. 1Washington Supreme Court · 1898

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