Schmeck v. Muhlenberg Township School District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, October T., 1914, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Berks Co., In Equity 1999, on bill in equity in case of Ammon T. Schmeek v. The School District of Muhlenberg Township, Henry F. Kramer, E. D. Hahn, John Shipe, Allen E. Faust, Nelson L. Bothermel and Daniel D. Becker. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Endlich, P.J. The findings of fact by the court below are quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a decree dismissing the bill.
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Appeal, No. 46, October T., 1914, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Berks Co., In Equity 1999, on bill in equity in case of Ammon T. Schmeek v. The School District of Muhlenberg Township, Henry F. Kramer, E. D. Hahn, John Shipe, Allen E. Faust, Nelson L. Bothermel and Daniel D. Becker. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Endlich, P.J. The findings of fact by the court below are quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a decree dismissing the bill. Error assigned was the decree of the court. A contract among the school directors expressly agreeing verbally or in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff in this bill in. equity is the owner of taxable real estate and a taxpayer in the defendant school district. The defendants are, and for a number .of years have , been, members of the board of school directors of the district, one being treasurer and another secretary. The disputed averments of the bill, so far as material in this appeal, are substantially as follows.: that the defendants entered into, an unlawful arrangement pursuant to which the treasurer and secretary divided their compensation, fixed by the board of directors, with the members of the…
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- Worrall's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Byers v. ByersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Strause v. BergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- County of Allegheny v. GrierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Phillips's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
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- Hamilton v. FaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- In re Financial Statement of School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Smith v. RidgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Becker v. Upper Moreland Township School District, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1934
- East Cocalico Township School District Auditors' Report, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1922
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