De Wolf v. Watterson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson County Court, entered upon a decision made by tbat court, after a trial without a jury. Eor several years prior to November, 1880, school district No. 8, in the towns of Alexandria and Orleans, Jefferson county was, and still is, a duly constituted and existing school district.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson County Court, entered upon a decision made by tbat court, after a trial without a jury. Eor several years prior to November, 1880, school district No. 8, in the towns of Alexandria and Orleans, Jefferson county was, and still is, a duly constituted and existing school district. No school had been taught in such district for upwards of three years prior to November, 1880. At that time a special- school meeting was held for the purpose, among others, of electing a trustee, and one Henry Knell was elected sole trustee of said school district, who accepted…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
Knell was defaeto trustee of defendant; he acted as trustee and no objection seems to have been made thereto by the school district during his term of office. All but two of the inhabitants in the district having children, patronized the school which Miss Moore kept, at the instance of Knell as trustee. The district took and appropriated the public moneys apportioned to the school district by reason of the school so kept. If there was an irregularity in the election of Knell as trustee, it was waived by the district and it is now too late for the district to dispute the acts of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fister v. La RueNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Wait v. . RayNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Horton v. GarrisonNew York Supreme Court · 1856
- Brewster v. ColwellNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Reynolds v. MooreNew York Supreme Court · 1832
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