Kiefer v. Troy School Township

From the complaint in this case it appears that Lawrence Kiefer was the. trustee of Troy School Township, in Perry county, in the year 1883; that he had made estimates of the funds likely to come into his hands for tuition purposes, and relying on such estimates he employed competent and licensed teachers for the several school districts in his township, and entered into written contracts with them at the usual stipulated wages, and that the number employed was necessary to supply the requirements of the school children of the township; that the several teachers employed carried out their…