Kiehm v. Board of Education

The Board of Education of the City of Utica refused to audit the claim of the petitioners upon the ground that it did not have authority so to do. Upon return to this court upon the writ of certiorari based upon such action of the board, this court held that the board did have authority to audit the claim, it sustained the writ and directed the board to audit the claim of the petitioners upon the merits. (People ex rel. Kiehm v. Board of Education, 198 App. Div. 476.) Thereafter various hearings were had and the petitioners furnished evidence to the effect that their claim was just and legal…