McCandless v. Summit Township School District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 193, April T., 1913, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1911, No. 42, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Kittie McCandless v. Summit Township School District. Appeal from judgment of justice of the peace. Before Telford, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff claimed salary for twenty-eight days of her unexpired term.
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Appeal, No. 193, April T., 1913, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1911, No. 42, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Kittie McCandless v. Summit Township School District. Appeal from judgment of justice of the peace. Before Telford, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff claimed salary for twenty-eight days of her unexpired term. The defendants resisted payment on the ground that the plaintiff’s election as teacher was not shown to be legal. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a compulsory…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff alleges that she had been employed to teach one of the schools of the defendant district for a term of seven months; that before the term was completed the school directors refused to permit her to teach longer and took the key and locked the schoolhouse against her; that she was ready to perform and tendered performance and brings this action to recover damages for breach of the contract. The plaintiff was paid for the time which she had actually devoted to teaching the school and avers the right to recover for the uncompleted part of the term. She offered…
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