Chalfant v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 134, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the sale and delivery of bonds of a school district.
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Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 134, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the sale and delivery of bonds of a school district. The bill alleged: 1. That plaintiff is a resident taxpayer and owner of real estate in that portion of the 21st ward of the city of Pittsburg, known as Lincoln Sub-School District, and that the ward was divided into two districts under the provisions of act of assembly of May 12,1869, consolidating the wards of the city of Pitts-burg for educational purposes. 2. That the defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The common school system of this state is the creature of the school law of 1854. It was intended to cover the state, to be administered under general laws, and to be fostered and sustained in part at least by public moneys paid out of the state treasury. The scheme contemplated the division of the state into school districts upon the line of existing civil divisions. Each township, borough and city was made a separate school district with the right to elect its own board of school directors. In cities divided into wards each ward was made a sub-district with…
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