subject of judicial inquiry in Pennsylvania

1961It is only where the board transcends the limits of its legal discretion that it is amenable to the injunctive processes of a court of equity: Detweiler v. Hatfield Borough School District, 376 Pa. 555, 556 ; Regan v. Stoddard, 361 Pa. 469, 474 ; Spann v. Joint Boards of School Directors, 381 Pa. 338, 349 .

1955It is only where the board transcends the limits of its legal discretion that it is amenable to the injunctive processes of a court of equity: Detweiler v. Hatfield Borough School District, 376 Pa. 555, 566 , 104 A. 2d 110 ; Regan et al. v. Stoddard et al., 361 Pa. 469, 474 , 65 A. 2d 240 .

1961It is only where the board transcends the limits of its legal discretion that it is amenable to the injunctive processes of a court of equity: Detweiler v. Hatfield Borough School District, 376 Pa. 555, 556 ; Regan v. Stoddard, 361 Pa. 469, 474 ; Spann v. Joint Boards of School Directors, 381 Pa. 338, 349 .

1955It is only where the board transcends the limits of its legal discretion that it is amenable to the injunctive processes of a court of equity: Detweiler v. Hatfield Borough School District, 376 Pa. 555, 566 , 104 A. 2d 110 ; Regan et al. v. Stoddard et al., 361 Pa. 469, 474 , 65 A. 2d 240 .

1978The purity of their motives cannot in this way be the subject of judicial inquiry.” Id. (footnotes omitted) The doctrine of common law judicial immunity has continued to be embraced in the federal system to the present day.

1978The purity of their motives cannot in this way be the subject of judicial inquiry." Id. (footnotes omitted) The doctrine of common law judicial immunity has continued to be embraced in the federal system to the present day. *97 See O'Bryan v. Chandler, 496 F.2d 403 (10th Cir. 1974); Garfield v. Palmieri, 297 F.2d 526 , 527 (2nd Cir. 1962); Meredith v. Van Oosterhout, 286 F.2d 216, 221-22 (8th Cir. 1960).

1974Commonwealth v. Holton, 432 Pa. 11 , 247 A.2d 228 (1968); Commonwealth ex rel.

1974Commonwealth v. Holton, 432 Pa. 11 , 247 A.2d 228 (1968); Commonwealth ex rel.

1961It is only where the board transcends the limits of its legal discretion that it is amenable to the injunctive processes of a court of equity: Detweiler v. Hatfield Borough School District, 376 Pa. 555, 556 ; Regan v. Stoddard, 361 Pa. 469, 474 ; Spann v. Joint Boards of School Directors, 381 Pa. 338, 349 .

1954The purity of their motives cannot in this way be the subject of judicial inquiry.” In Bolton v. Walker, 197 Mich. 699 , 164 N. W. 420 , Ann.

1954The purity of their motives cannot in this way be the subject of judicial inquiry.” In Bolton v. Walker, 197 Mich. 699 , 164 N. W. 420 , Ann.

1930When this intention is once ascertained, it must control: Hoyt’s Est., 236 Pa. 433 (440); Biles et al. v. Biles, 281 Pa. 565 .

1930When this intention is once ascertained, it must control: Hoyt’s Est., 236 Pa. 433 (440); Biles et al. v. Biles, 281 Pa. 565 .

1916The reason for this is the fact that the record of the judgment bears upon its face the proof of its illegality and shows the want of power in the tribunal to render it.” See also, Poor Directors v. Poor Directors, 25 Pa. Superior Ct. 595 , (600).

1916The Supreme Court, in Wall v. Wall, 123 Pa. 545 , Justice Williams (p. 553), said: “If such want of jurisdiction appear upon the record, it can be taken advantage of at any time and in any court where the conclusiveness of the judgment is the subject of judicial inquiry.

1890Ass’n v. Commonwealth, 10 Pa. 357 , the society was organized under the act of 1791 for mutual assistance in sickness, etc.; and, in order to provide against extraordinary perils, a by-law prohibited members from enlisting as soldiers in the army, and, notwithstanding the general and manifest impolicj'- of such a provision, it was said that in a proper case it might be sustained : such an objection, the court said, would go to the legal existence of the association; if the articles were against the public policy, it belonged to the court, in the first instance, to withhold the certificate.