FOREWORD This volume is an exact photo-reproduction of an original copy of DECISIONS of the SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS of the State of New York (Being Cases Decided by Supt. of Common Schools By John A. Dix, Supt. An original-is practically unobtainable. This reprint is offered to enable Law Libraries to complete their New York Reports. The reproduction follows the original in every detail, and no attempt was made to correct errors and defects in typography. Buffalo, N. Y. DENNIS & CO., INC. OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY JOHN A. DIX, SUPERINTENDENT. TOGETHER WITH THE LAWS RELATING TO COMMON SCHOOLS, AND THE FORMS AND REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE. ALBANY: PRINTED BY CROSWELL, VAN BENTHUYSEN & BURT. 1837. AT No 5 6 7 P [Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, by JoHN A. DIx, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Northern District of New-York.] PREFACE. The decisions of the Superintendent of Common Schools contained in this volume were arranged and prepared for publication under circumstances which are explained in a communication to the legislature, of which the following is an extract : "STATE OF NEW-YORK, Į SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Albany, 4th January, 1837. "TO THE LEGISLATURE. "The Superintendent of Common Schools begs leave to state, that he has collected and arranged in a form similar to that in which cases decided in the Supreme Court are reported, the decisions which have been pronounced by his predecessor and himself in matters of appeal brought before them for adjudication. This collection is designed to embrace every important case which has been decided by the Superintendent; and for the purpose of rendering the decisions more serviceable as precedents, each one is accompanied by a brief statement of the principle or rule which it establishes, or what may with greater technical propriety be denominated a note of the case, and with a succinct recital of the facts, where such recital is essential to a clear comprehension of the subject matter of adjudication. A very large proportion of the cases reported consists of opinions given upon ex parte statements; but as the facts accompany the opinions, they will show as clearly as decisions pronounced in matters of appeal, what would be the issue of an adjudication by the Superintendent in a similar case, and they will therefore have the same utility as precedents. 17664 |