Commonwealth ex rel. Scott v. Board of Public Education
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 730, overruling demurrer to return to writ of mandamus. Demurrer to return to alternative writ of mandamus. The facts appear by the opinion of Pennyracker, J., which was as follows : The respondents are the members of the board of public education.
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Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 730, overruling demurrer to return to writ of mandamus. Demurrer to return to alternative writ of mandamus. The facts appear by the opinion of Pennyracker, J., which was as follows : The respondents are the members of the board of public education. In accordance with their rules and by-laws they reorganized the grammar schools of the eighth school section, known as the Locust Street Grammar Schools, so that they became combined, as a mixed grammar school of boys and girls, with five…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
By the Act of February 17, 1865, P. L. 176, the controllers of the public schools of Philadelphia (now called the board of public education) were directed to “ establish a system for the examination of the qualifications of all persons who may desire to become teachers in the public schools of said district.” And by section second, “ No person shall, from and after the passage *74of this act, be elected to the position of teacher, in any of the public schools of said district, by any of the sectional boards of school directors, within the same, unless such persons…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth ex rel. Sherry v. JenksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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- State ex rel. Schroeder v. Board of School Directors of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1937
- Commonwealth v. HolbenLehigh County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1926