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· 7/1/1858

Chorpenning's Appeal

Citations

  • 32 Pa. 315

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding school board president, acting alone, could not lawfully enter a settlement agreement binding the district without the board’s consent
  • “[o]ne who contracts with a school district must, at his peril, know the extent of the power of the school district’s officers in making the contract.”
  • “A settlement of litigation is a compromise agreement comprised of all the traditional elements of a contract.”

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Judges: Thompson

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