Holter v. School Dist.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 33, April T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., March T., 1918, in favor of defendant on case stated in the suit of Thomasine Holter v. The School District of the Borough of Patton. Action in assumpsit on a contract of employment, with an agreement in the nature of a case stated, submitted for judgment in the nature of a special verdict. Before Moser, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 33, April T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., March T., 1918, in favor of defendant on case stated in the suit of Thomasine Holter v. The School District of the Borough of Patton. Action in assumpsit on a contract of employment, with an agreement in the nature of a case stated, submitted for judgment in the nature of a special verdict. Before Moser, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered judgment, on the case stated, in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff brings this action of assumpsit to recover a balance alleged to be due her as a teacher in the public schools of the defendant school district. The parties agreed upon the facts, in a case stated which will appear in the report. The defendant is a school district of the fourth class, and the written contract between the parties was executed in the manner required by the 1205 section of the School Code of May 18, 1911, P. L. 373. The parties covenanted “that said teacher (the plaintiff) shall, under the supervision and exclusive direction of said board and…