Wait v. . Ray
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of- the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, in favor of defendant, entered upon an order denying a motion for a new trial and directing judgment upon a verdict. (Mem. of decision below, 5 Hun, 649.) This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract, under and by which plaintiff was employed to teach the district school in District No. 3, of the town of Norwich, Chenango county.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of- the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, in favor of defendant, entered upon an order denying a motion for a new trial and directing judgment upon a verdict. (Mem. of decision below, 5 Hun, 649.) This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract, under and by which plaintiff was employed to teach the district school in District No. 3, of the town of Norwich, Chenango county. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The trustee of a school district has no authority to hire a teacher for a term to…
1Opinion of the CourtEael, J.
In October, 1871, Ransom C. Cox was elected sole trustee of the school district, and his term of office expired on the second Tuesday of October, 1872. In March of the latter year, he made an agreement with the plaintiff, hiring him to teach the district school for three terms, as follows: First term, of fourteen weeks, to commence March twenty-seventh ; second term, of fourteen weeks, to commence August nineteenth, and the last term, of sixteen weeks, to commence in-December. There was to be a short vacation after each term, and plaintiff was to receive sixteen dollars per week. Plaintiff…
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