In re Rule upon Walker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Oct. T., 1896, by Timothy Ross et al., from order of C. P. Greene Co., Oct. T., 1896, No. 1, Miscellaneous Docket, on rule to remove school directors. Rule upon school directors of the school district of Washington township to show cause why they should not be removed. Before Dickey, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Frror assigned was order discharging rule to show cause.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The act of June 6, 1893, P. L. 330, provides in section 1 that whenever the school directors of any district "shall wilfully neglect or refuse ” to provide suitable school buildings and rooms for the accommodation of all the children of the district then ten or more taxable citizens of the district may petition the court of common pleas for the appointment of a competent *26inspector, whose duty it shall be to visit the district, and on notice to the school board inquire into the facts and report to the court under oath the result of his inquiry, accompanied by…
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