McLaughlin v. Hall

SHINN, J., pro tem.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the alleged breach of an agreement under which, as he claims, he was employed as headmaster of a private school operated by defendants, from which employment he was discharged. The ease was submitted upon the sufficiency of plaintiff’s proof to establish a contract of employment; judgment went for the defendants, from which plaintiff appeals.

The original complaint alleged that by contract partly in writing and partly oral, plaintiff was employed for a period of two years at a salary of $1800 per year, payable at the rate…