Doyle v. School Directors

Appellant was employed by appellees to teach their district school for a term of five months commencing on the first Monday of October, 1888, at $30 per month. On Saturday of the first week of the term, a majority of the directors determined to discharge him “ for the good of the school.” On the following Monday morning they went to the school-house and told him they had come to dismiss him for the good of the school, and asked him to resign. He refused, unless they would pay him the full amount of $150. This they declined, and after some further conversation he said he would take his…