Shober v. Cochrane
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. • This was an application hy James M. Shober for a writ of mandamus to compel John W. S. Cochrane not to interfere with or prevent the petitioner from' discharging the -duties of Secretary, Treasurer and Examiner of the Board of School Commissioners of Allegany County, and from receiving the emoluments thereof, and to yield up said office to the petitioner.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County. • This was an application hy James M. Shober for a writ of mandamus to compel John W. S. Cochrane not to interfere with or prevent the petitioner from' discharging the -duties of Secretary, Treasurer and Examiner of the Board of School Commissioners of Allegany County, and from receiving the emoluments thereof, and to yield up said office to the petitioner. The respondent having answered, the case was heard by the Court below, (Alvey and Mot-tee, J.,) in connection with the allegations of the petition and answer filed, on the following agreed…
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By the Court :
In this case the order of the Circuit Court refusing the writ of mandamus will he affirmed ; this Court being of opinion that under the Acts of 1872, ch. 377, sub-ch. 3, sec. 4, and 1874, ch. 463, sub-ch. 3, sec. 4, the power to decide the matter in dispute, was vested in the State Board of Education, and that its decision thereon was final and conclusive. Wiley, et al. vs. Board of County School Commissioners of Allegany County, 51 Md., 401, appears to us to dispose of this question. It may not be out of place to say, after an examination of the question, that in our opinion,…
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- Wiley v. Board of County School CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1879
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