Dixon v. Sub-District No. 5
Ohio Circuit Courts
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Ross County. The original action was brought before a justice of the peace, and from the judgment of the justice appealed to the court of common pleas of the county.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Ross County. The original action was brought before a justice of the peace, and from the judgment of the justice appealed to the court of common pleas of the county. The plaintiff in error, in his amended petition in the common pleas, alleged : “ That on or about August 2, 1884, the directors of said sub-district, employed plaintiff to teach the school in said sub-district, for the period of six school months, commencing September 15th, 1884, at the agreed price of fifty dollars per month, to be paid at the end of each and every month. That on said…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
There was no objection to the evidence offered by plaintiff below tending to show that a meeting of the board of directors of said school district had been called to meet at said schoolhouse on August 2, 1884, nor that at said time two of the directors — Harrison Cox and William Taylor Timmons — met at said place, nor that said two directors had at said time and place held a meeting of said board, and had employed plaintiff to teach said school for the period mentioned. It was further shown that no proceedings of such meeting had ever been entered in any record of the proceedings of said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Thomas v. BrentU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · 1804
- Haines v. LindseyOhio Supreme Court · 1829