Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Steinson v. Board of Education

New York Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1891PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from special term, New York county. Application by George Steinson for mandamus to the board of education of New York city to pay a sum of money alleged to be due relator for salary as a teacher. The writ was denied, and relator appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for a peremptory mandamus.- The relator had been a teacher in a public school in , the city of New York, and was removed from his position, but, as he claims, restored thereto by the state superintendent of instruction. He asks in this proceeding that the board of education be directed to pay to him a sum he alleged to be due as salary for a period subsequent to his dismissal, but he did not ask for reinstatement in his place as a teacher. It would be sufficient to dispose of this appeal by referring to the statutes respecting the powers of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Lunney v. . CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. Shipley v. Mechanics' BankNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  3. People ex rel. Hackley v. Croton Aqueduct BoardNew York Supreme Court · 1867
  4. People Ex Rel. Perkins v. HawkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  5. People ex rel. Green v. WoodNew York Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. State ex rel. ReedWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Steinson v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  3. People ex rel. Golden v. RooseveltAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  4. Steinson v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1899
  5. People ex rel. Gargan v. YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1900

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