Heyland v. Wayne Independent School District No. 5

The appellee in this action filed a petition at law, with amendments thereto, and sought judgment for the amount due her by reason of a teacher’s contract entered into with the appellant School District, which contract the District failed to carry out. The appellant asserted in its answer that the contract obtained by the appellee was secured by fraud. It was also claimed that at the time the contract in question was authorized by the school board one of the school directors was a de facto officer and that the appellee had knowledge of this fact and she was in no position to rely upon any…