VanDorn v. Anderson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. J. A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. J. A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed by the appellee in the circuit court of Sangamon county, against the appellant as superintendent of schools of said Sangamon county, praying for a writ of mandamus, commanding appellant to change the date of a teacher’s certificate issued by appellant to appellee, so that said certificate should show upon its face the true date of its issuance. After a demurrer to the petition was filed and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The appellant, as county superintendent of schools of Sangamon county, first issued to appellee a first-grade certificate in 1899, upon a written examination as to his qualifications. When this certificate expired two years later, to-wit, on July 1, 1901, appellant at that time issued another first-grade certificate to appellee, but dated it back to July 2, 1900. The latter certificate was issued without a further written examination, as appellee had taken an examination in 1899, and he testifies that appellant told him that another one was not necessary, and that when a teacher had passed…
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