Wardell v. Town of Killingly
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract to employ the plaintiff as supervisor and teacher of music in the defendant’s public schools for the term of a school year and to pay her the salary agreed upon, brought to the Superior Court in Wind-ham County, which denied (Hinman, J.) the plaintiff’s applications for certain orders in the nature of mandamus to aid her in the trial of the cause, and from judgments dismissing such applications the plaintiff…
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Action to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract to employ the plaintiff as supervisor and teacher of music in the defendant’s public schools for the term of a school year and to pay her the salary agreed upon, brought to the Superior Court in Wind-ham County, which denied (Hinman, J.) the plaintiff’s applications for certain orders in the nature of mandamus to aid her in the trial of the cause, and from judgments dismissing such applications the plaintiff appealed. In the original complaint the plaintiff alleged that the defendant entered into a contract with her for her services…
1Opinion of the CourtBurpee, J.
The demurrer to the original complaint was sustained because it was not alleged that the plaintiff had received a certificate authorizing her to teach in the defendant’s public schools such as is specified in General Statutes, § 1007, and because General Statutes, § 1009, provides that “no teacher shall be employed in any school receiving any portion of its support from the public money until he has received a certificate of approbation in accordance with the provisions of” that chapter of the statutes in which that section is found. This interpretation of the law appears to have been…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kepner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Jackson v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- Martin v. Board of Election CommissionersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- Wardell v. Town of KillinglySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Institute of Living v. Town of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Kelly v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Oles v. FurlongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
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