Commonwealth v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY DEPENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP LUZERNE COUNTY. Nos. 6, 84 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 125, 109 October Term 1890, C. P. On June 11, 1890, upon the petition of Mr. Alfred Darte, District Attorney, filed to No. 109 October Term 1890, in tbe court below, the court awarded a writ of quo warranto against H. O. Reichard and fourteen others, requiring the defendants to show by what authority they claimed to exercise the office of school…
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APPEALS BY DEPENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP LUZERNE COUNTY. Nos. 6, 84 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 125, 109 October Term 1890, C. P. On June 11, 1890, upon the petition of Mr. Alfred Darte, District Attorney, filed to No. 109 October Term 1890, in tbe court below, the court awarded a writ of quo warranto against H. O. Reichard and fourteen others, requiring the defendants to show by what authority they claimed to exercise the office of school directors in the school district of the city of Wilkes-Barre. Issue. On June 13,1890, upon a similar petition, filed to…
1Opinion of the Court
no. 6.
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
The importance of this case, and the necessity for a speedy decision, in view of the approaching spring elections, induced us to advance the hearing ; it was accordingly certified to the Western District, and was heard at the October Term in Pittsburgh. The contest is a triangular one. The city of Wilkes-Barre has the extreme misfortune, at this time, to have three different and distinct boards of school directors, each claiming the right to manage and regulate the common schools of that city; and, as each of these several and respective boards is represented…
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