McCandless v. Summit Township School District

Citations

• 55 Pa. Super. 277
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 357

Syllabus

<p>School law — School teacher — Appointment of teachers — Minutes of school hoard — Act of April 11,1862, P. L. 471.</p> <p>1. A school teacher cannot recover for a balance of salary alleged to be due on a written contract signed by herself and the president of the school board and countersigned by the secretary of the board, where the minutes of the board of school directors which elected her merely disclosed that a quorum of the board were present, and that she was elected, but did not state the names of the members of the board voting in the affirmative or negative, nor that the election was unanimous, nor that all members present voted in the affirmative.</p> <p>2. Under the Act of April 11,1862, P. L. 471, relating to the appointment of teachers, the minutes of the school board must upon their face show in express words, or by necessary implication the names of the directors who voted in favor of the appointment, and that they constituted a majority of the entire board; otherwise the appointment is not binding upon the school district.</p>