Lefler v. Board of School Inspectors

Mr. Presiding Justice Partlow

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant, C. H. Lefler, obtained a judgment for $167.74, against appellees, Board of School Inspectors of the City of Peoria and School District Number 150, Peoria County, Illinois, in an action of assumpsit, in the circuit court of Peoria county, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.

For about 12 years, appellant had been in the employ of appellees as a teacher and supervisor of manual training. In May, 1921, he was re-elected for the school year 1921-1922, at a salary of $2,500. On May 16, 1921, a contract of…