Pfiffner's Appeal
Citations
- 2 Monag. 160
- 16 A. 72
- 1888 Pa. LEXIS 825
Syllabus
<p>A court of equity will not grant relief where a party has been guilty of laches by delay for some twenty years in enforcing his rights.</p> <p>Not decided whether the Act of April 22, 1856, applies to a bill in equity to establish a resulting trust by a husband against the heirs of his wife, where the title was in the wife and the premises were occupied by the husband and wife jointly for a time, and afterwards the property was assessed in the name of the husband, by whom taxes were paid, etc.</p>
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- reassignment of principal to teaching position following school closing not violative of statute
- principal is a teacher entrusted with special duties of direction or management and therefore tenure statute not violated where school committee has power to change duties of teachers
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