Duryea Borough School Directors' Removal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Two of the school directors of the Borough of Duryea, Luzerne County, removed under section 217 of the Act of May 18,1911, P. L. 309, have appealed from the order. The act referred to provides that if the court shall be of the opinion that directors have failed or neglected to perform any required duty it “shall have the power to remove said board or such of its members as in its opinion it is proper.” The court below found the directors had violated section 1207 of the School Code in permitting a granddaughter of a director to teach without receiving the affirmative vote of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Summit Hill School DirectorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Davis's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Summit Hill School Directors RemovalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Meiss's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Slippery Rock Township School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Branch Township School Directors' RemovalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Ziegler's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Second Legislative District Election Contest, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1954