Commonwealth ex rel. Sherry v. Jenks
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 182, Jan. T., 1893, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1892, No. 637, refusing peremptory writ of mandamus. Petition for mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 182, Jan. T., 1893, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1892, No. 637, refusing peremptory writ of mandamus. Petition for mandamus. The relator filed her suggestion April 2, 1892, setting forth the respective rights and. duties of the board of controllers of the city of Philadelphia and the school directors of its several school districts, touching the election of a supervising principal of the John Moiiet Combined Grammar School of the Seventeenth district, and that she had been duly elected thereto by the school directors, who had certified…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. J ustice Williams,
The relator applied for, and obtained, a writ of alternative mandamus directed to the defendants, requiring them to show cause why they should not “ certify the name and grade of your petitioner Margaret T. Sherry, as supervising principal of the said John Moffet mixed grammar and primary school, to the controller of the city of Philadelphia and approve her selection as such.” The respondents made answer to the writ, submitting to the court three reasons why they ought not to be commanded to make the certificate asked for. These were, first, that the relator…
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