Speer v. School Directors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an appeal by William R. Speer, John Devinny, C. C. Davis, and others, from the decree of the court below dismissing a bill in equity filed by them against the school directors, burgess, and town council of Blairsyille.
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Appeal from the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an appeal by William R. Speer, John Devinny, C. C. Davis, and others, from the decree of the court below dismissing a bill in equity filed by them against the school directors, burgess, and town council of Blairsyille. The prayer in the bill was to restrain them from borrowing money under the Act of March 25th 1864, which authorized the borough to contract a debt for the payment of $800 “ to each non-commissioned officer and private” who might thereafter “ volunteer and enter the service of the United States from such county, and be…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
Perhaps it would be quite as just to say of this case, as Chief Justice Black said of Sharpless v. The Mayor of Philadelphia, 9 Harris 158, “ This is beyond comparison the most important cause that has ever been in this court since the formation of the government.” The millions of money at stake are greater, and the purpose of their expenditure even more important. That related to subscriptions for mere public convenience — this concerns the lives and welfare of our citizens.
That much of this money has been squandered we must deplore, and…
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