Jones v. Boulter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, March T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Susquehanna Co., Nov. T., 1913, No. 149, dismissing petition to remove school directors in case of Henry D. Jones, et ah, v. Edward Boulter, et al., directors of Clifford School District. Petition to dismiss school directors. Little, P. J., filed the following opinion: This proceeding was instituted under Section 217 of the. Act of May eighteenth, 1911, known as the “School Code.”
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Appeal, No. 8, March T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Susquehanna Co., Nov. T., 1913, No. 149, dismissing petition to remove school directors in case of Henry D. Jones, et ah, v. Edward Boulter, et al., directors of Clifford School District. Petition to dismiss school directors. Little, P. J., filed the following opinion: This proceeding was instituted under Section 217 of the. Act of May eighteenth, 1911, known as the “School Code.” A petition whs presented to the court signed by more than ten residents of the school district praying for the removal of the board of school…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
This is a proceeding- instituted under Section 217, of the Act of May 18, 1911, known as the school code, to remove the school directors of a township, for failure to furnish transportation to pupils who resided more than one and one-half miles from the nearest school house. The case was fully heard in the court below on bill, answer and testimony. The legal questions involved have been carefully reviewed by Judge Little, and we concur in the conclusions reached by him.
The undisputed evidence in the case discloses the fact that the school district in which the plaintiffs…
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