Bensinger v. Palo Alto School District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 19Í3, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1912, No. 292, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of George Bensinger, Sr., v. Palo Alto School District. Assumpsit for cost of tuition and school books paid to Pottsville school district. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 19Í3, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1912, No. 292, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of George Bensinger, Sr., v. Palo Alto School District. Assumpsit for cost of tuition and school books paid to Pottsville school district. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff for $119. Subsequently on motion the court entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff alleged in his statement of claim in this action of assumpsit that he was a resident of the borough of Palo Alto; that no high school was maintained in that school district; that a high school was maintained in the adjoining borough of Pottsville, near his home, by the school district of the latter borough; that he obtained the consent of the directors of the Pottsville district to have his daughter, who was of proper age and qualified to attend a high school, to attend the high school of that district; that the rate fixed by the Pottsville district for…
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