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· 5/21/1981

School Committee of Providence v. Board of Regents for Education

Citations

  • 429 A.2d 1297
  • 1981 R.I. LEXIS 1149

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that school principal’s alleged representations to a per-diem substitute teacher that he would be employed until the absent teacher returned to work were ultra vires; therefore, the substitute teacher was not entitled to rely thereon
  • stating \any representation made by such an agent lacking actual authority are not binding on the municipality\
  • \[I]t is well settled that the authority of a public agent to bind a municipality must be actual.\
  • The \authority of a public agent to bind a municipality must be actual.\
  • public agent must have actual authority to bind municipality

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Judges: Bevilacqua, Shea

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