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People ex rel. Walrath v. O'Brien

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 22, 1906PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal hy the relator, Martin H. Walrath, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Rensselaer Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 15th day of February, 1906, quashing a writ of certiorari allowed in the above-entitled proceeding on the 6th day of January, 1906.

1Opinion of the Court

Cochrane, J.:

The purpose of this proceeding is to review the action of the respondents, composing the board of education of the city of Troy, in removing the relator from his position as principal of> the high school in said city, which position he held from about March 1,1897, until the timé of his removal by the respondents as aforesaid, which occurred in December, 1905.

By chapter 560 of the Laws of 1902, which applies only to some of the cities of the second class, including the city of Troy, it is provided, among other things, that “ All principals shall hold their positions during good…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. O'Connor v. EmersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
  2. People Ex Rel. Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co. v. SeamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. People ex rel. Peixotto v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  4. Bomar v. ColeNew York Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Epstein v. Board of Examiners of the Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1936

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