People ex rel. Sprague v. Maxwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William H. Maxwell, as city superintendent of schools in the city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the loth, •day of July, 1903, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to place the name of the relator upon the list of persons eligible to be appointed as principals of public schools in…
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Appeal by the defendant, William H. Maxwell, as city superintendent of schools in the city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the loth, •day of July, 1903, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to place the name of the relator upon the list of persons eligible to be appointed as principals of public schools in the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J. :
The relator will be-seventy years of age- on the second day of November of the present year. From 1854 to the 30th of June, 1902, he was a teacher or principal in the public schools of Richmond, Westchester and New York counties. In the year 1855, after an examination as prescribed by law, he obtained a license as teacher of grade A from the superintendent of schools of the city of New York which rendered him eligible to teach in the grammar schools and eligible for appointment as principal or vice-principal. From 1861 to 1865, inclusive, he was a teacher in the grammar schools…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. McDonald v. LantryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- People ex rel. Goldey v. MaxwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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- In re WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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