Ford v. Kendall Bor. Sch. District
Citations
- 121 Pa. 543
- 15 A. 812
- 1888 Pa. LEXIS 688
Syllabus
<p>In Pennsylvania, a school district is but an agent of the commonwealth, and as such a quasi-corporation for the sole purpose of administering the commonwealth’s system of public education; it is therefore not liable for the negligence of school directors or of their employees.*</p>
How courts have described this case
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- refusing to apply respondeat superior to school districts because they are agents of the Commonwealth
- refusing to apply respondeat superior to school districts because they are agents of the Commonwealth
- doctrine of sovereign immunity arrived in Pennsylvania in Respublica v. Sparhawk, 1 Dall. 357, 1 L.Ed. 174 (1788
- doctrine of sovereign immunity arrived in Pennsylvania in Respublica v. Sparhawk, 1 U.S. 357, 1 Dall. 357, 1 L.Ed. 174 (1788
- act of employee far outside’scope pf authority
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Judges: Cheep, Clark, Goedon, Gordon, Green, Paxson, Sterrett, Trunkey, Williams
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