Wyatt v. School District No. 104, Fergus County

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, School District No. 104, Fergus County, Montana, from a directed verdict in favor of plaintiff-respondent, Mrs. Ellen Wyatt, in an action for damages for wrongful breach of contract. The jury returned a verdict of $3,304.00 for loss of salary and $1,500 in general damages.

On July 11, 1962, respondent, Mrs. Ellen Wyatt, and appellant School District entered into a written contract whereby respondent was to teach the Hutterite children of the Spring Creek Colony for the 1962-1963 school…