Commonwealth, ex rel. Hughes v. Gritman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1916, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 155, awarding mandamus in the case of Commonwealth, ex rel., P. F. Hughes v. Harley J. Grit-man, Stanley Smith, G. Frank Couch, H. E. May, P. J. Boylan, Thomas F. Curran, Thomas L. Scott, Members of the Board of School Directors of the School District of the City of Carbondale. Petition for mandamus. The relator demurred to defendants’ answer.
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Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1916, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 155, awarding mandamus in the case of Commonwealth, ex rel., P. F. Hughes v. Harley J. Grit-man, Stanley Smith, G. Frank Couch, H. E. May, P. J. Boylan, Thomas F. Curran, Thomas L. Scott, Members of the Board of School Directors of the School District of the City of Carbondale. Petition for mandamus. The relator demurred to defendants’ answer. The court sustained the demurrer and awarded a peremptory mandamus. Defendants'appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
The judgment in this case is affirmed on the opinion of the learned president judge of the court below sustaining relator’s demurrer to the defendants’ answer.
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