People ex rel. Peixotto v. Board of Education

This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the respondent, the *685board of education of the city of New York, to restore relator as teacher in charge of public school No. 14, borough of The Bronx, city of New York, from which position she was dismissed by respondent on October 8, 1913.

For eighteen years prior to February 3, 1913, relator had been a teacher in the public schools of the city of New York. During this period she paid into the pension fund for teachers her pro rata assessment. Her dismissal, if valid, involves a forfeiture of her rights in the pension fund for…