McCrea v. Pine Tp. School Dist.

Citations

• 145 Pa. 550
• 22 A. 1040
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 692

Syllabus

<p>1. Under paragraph. Y., § 23, act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 622, empowering boards of directors of the public schools to dismiss teachers for incompetency, cruelty, negligence, or immorality, a school board, in exercising the jurisdiction thus conferred upon it, acts in a quasi-judicial capacity, and is held merely to the observance of good faith.</p> <p>2. In an action by a teacher for salary, the dismissal of the plaintiff for incompetency, if regularly made and properly entered upon the minutes, in accordance with the requirements of § 4, act of April 11, 1862, P. L. 472, is conclusive, unless the board be shown to have acted corruptly, or in bad faith, or to have clearly abused its powers: Whitehead v. School D., ante, 418.</p>