State ex rel. Martin v. Foley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petitions for writs of quo warranto by the State, on the relation of Josephine M. Martin, against Cortis M. Foley and Charles H. Farnsworth, and by the State, on the relation of Eugene S. Wright, against Daniel K. Keelan, Cortis M. Foley, and Charles H. Farnsworth, brought to the Supreme Court for the County of Franklin at its February Term, 191.5, and heard at its May Term, 1915, on the pleadings and on testimony taken and filed. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
We have here two petitions for writs of quo warranto brought under P. S. Chapter 97, and heard as one case. The right of the respondents Foley and Farnsworth respectively, to hold the office of school director in the town of Montgomery is challenged; and though the respondent Keelan is agreed to be a legal school director and entitled to act as such, *195Ms right to exercise the office of superintendent of schools of the town named is challenged.
School directors are to be elected at the annual town meeting in March unless otherwise provided; but by Acts of 1910, No. 6.5, §4, it was provided that,…
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