Farrell v. Board of Education
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District. Action by Edward J. Farrell against the Board of Education of the City of New York. .Plaintiff had judgment, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
The plaintiff, a janitor in a public school of the city, of New York, instituted this action to recover $28.98, the amount of two fines imposed by the defendant upon him for the violation by him of the defendant’s by-laws. The only question to be determined upon this appeal is whether the board of education had a legal right to impose the. fine upon the plaintiff.
' It is settled that in the absence of statutory authority the board of education is without power to discipline its employés by the imposition of a fine. People ex rel. Hoffman v. Board of Education, 143 N. Y. 62, 37 N. E. 637. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Buckbee v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Buckbee v. . Board of Education of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- People Ex Rel. Hoffman v. . Bd. of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Horvay v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1914