Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Lillian Broderick, Appellant, for a Mandamus Order against Board of Education of the City of Yonkers, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1931-04
Citations: 233 A.D. 701
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Lillian Broderick, Appellant, for a Mandamus Order against Board of Education of the City of Yonkers, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 233
Pages: 701–701

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Lillian Broderick, Appellant, for a Mandamus Order against Board of Education of the City of Yonkers, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order denying motion for an alternative mandamus order, so called, unanimously affirmed, with costs, as a matter of law and not as a matter of discretion, upon the ground that appellant's degree of bachelor of laws does not qualify her for equality, under the Education Law, with those teachers holding the degree of bachelor of arts. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Young, Kapper, Seudder and Davis, JJ.