In re Nicklas
Butler County Court of Quarter Sessions
No. 113 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On November 7,1890, Conrad Nicklas, J. L. Christie, and about forty-nine others, presented their petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions averring that they were taxable citizens of Connoquenessing township school district in said county, and further: “ 1. That the board of school directors of said district, to wit., W. J. Fletcher, A. G. Stewart, J. M. Kaltenbaugh, C. Shannon, John Welsh and…
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No. 113 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On November 7,1890, Conrad Nicklas, J. L. Christie, and about forty-nine others, presented their petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions averring that they were taxable citizens of Connoquenessing township school district in said county, and further: “ 1. That the board of school directors of said district, to wit., W. J. Fletcher, A. G. Stewart, J. M. Kaltenbaugh, C. Shannon, John Welsh and Matthew Shannon, although often requested to do so by your petitioners and others, have wholly neglected and refused to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
The act of May 8, 1854, § 23, P. L. 621, makes it the duty of the school directors in each district to establish a sufficient number of common schools for the education of every individual over six and under twenty-one years of age in their respective districts, “who may apply for admission and instruction, either in person, or by parent, guardian, or next friend.” The directors are not required to ascertain how many children of the proper age reside in their district. They have no power to compel attendance upon the'sehools under their charge. Their duty is to…
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