Commonwealth v. Wilkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, May T., 1921, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Commonwealth Docket 1920, No. 9, dismissing petition for writ of mandamus, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. William I. Schaffer, Attorney General, v. M. T. Wilkins et al., School Directors of Millcreek Township School District. Petition for writ of mandamus. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Petition dismissed. The Commonwealth appealed.
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Appeal, No. 9, May T., 1921, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Commonwealth Docket 1920, No. 9, dismissing petition for writ of mandamus, in case of Commonwealth ex rel. William I. Schaffer, Attorney General, v. M. T. Wilkins et al., School Directors of Millcreek Township School District. Petition for writ of mandamus. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Petition dismissed. The Commonwealth appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The Commonwealth, by its attorney general, filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, praying a writ of peremptory mandamus to compel appellees, who are three of the five school directors of Millcreek Township School District, to dismiss certain children from the public schools, they having been admitted in violation of the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1895, P. L. 203, and the amendatory Acts of April 22, 1903, P. L. 244, and June 5, 1919, P. L. 399; an answer was filed, the writ was refused and the Commonwealth appeals.
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