Reese v. Board of Mine Examiners
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 360, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 134, refusing mandamus, in case of Thomas C. Eeese v. John H. Pollard, Jacob Britton, James Bache, David J. Davis, Pilate Orme, constituting the board of mine examiners. Petition for mandamus. Before Bechtel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court on motion quashed the writ of mandamus. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 360, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 134, refusing mandamus, in case of Thomas C. Eeese v. John H. Pollard, Jacob Britton, James Bache, David J. Davis, Pilate Orme, constituting the board of mine examiners. Petition for mandamus. Before Bechtel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court on motion quashed the writ of mandamus. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in quashing the writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The plaintiff filed a petition for a mandamus, in which *619he averred that he had been employed in and about coal .mines for thirty years and was well informed on the subject of mining; that he had applied to the Schuylkill County Board of Mine Examiners in May, 1913, to be examined for a certificate of qualification as a mine inspector; that shortly thereafter the board gave him an examination; that “to the best of his knowledge and belief he passed the examination by answering ninety per centum of all the questions asked, as required by law”; that he had…
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