White v. School District

Citations

• 5 Sadler 323
• 8 A. 443
• 1887 Pa. LEXIS 579

Syllabus

<p>Where one board of school directors, duly elected and qualified, is acting: as such and performing.the duties of the office, another de facto board cannot exist.</p> <p>Contracts made with a pretended de facto board do not bind the school district.</p> <p>Note. — There cannot be a de facto officer, where one de jure is performing the duties. The cases upon this question will be found collected in the opinion of the court in Re Gunn, 19 D. R. A. 519, 533.</p>