Legal Opinion

Wilson v. East Bridgeport School District

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided October 15, 1869PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Assumpsit to recover wages for teaching a school for the defendants; brought to the Superior Court and tiled on the general issue, with notice, closed to the court, before Sanford, J. Judgment for the plaintiff and motion for a new trial by the defendants. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.

This case comes before us on a motion for a new trial and presents two questions only.

The first relates to the admission of evidence, and as the ruling was in favor of the defendants they cannot complain of it.

The second question is whether the decision of the court was right. There is no finding of facts on the record, and the facts are but partially found in the motion. The whole case is presented as it was presented in court, and much of it is a mere presentation of the evidence offered to prove the respective claims of the parties, without a finding that the claims were proved. This…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pineman v. OechslinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  2. Ames v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  3. Moon v. School City of South BendIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
  4. Davis v. Public SchoolsMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Smith v. School District No. 57Superior Court of Delaware · 1898

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