Browne v. Gear

Citations

• 21 Wash. 147
• 57 P. 359
• 1899 Wash. LEXIS 253

Syllabus

<p>CERTIORARI-AS TO PROCEEDINGS BEFORE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.</p> <p>Proceedings befóre a superintendent of public instruction to revoke a teacher’s certificate, upon the determination of sufficient cause, after a hearing; are subject to review by certiorari, under Bal. Code, - §§ 5740-5751,- authorizing such writ when an officer-exercising judicial functions has exceeded his jurisdiction or has acted illegally, or to correct an erroneous or void proceeding, where there is no appeal, or any plain, speedy and adequate remedy at law.</p> <p>SCHOOLS-REVOCATION OF TEACHER’S CERTIFICATE.</p> <p>Mere inconsiderate language or slight impropriety of conduct, of a teacher, not involving moral turpitude, in endeavoring to-secure a first-grade certificate, is not such “sufficient cause,” within the meaning of Bal. Code, § 2418, as will warrant the revocation of valid certificates held hy her.</p>