International Text Book Co. v. Samer

Plaintiff seeks to recover tbe balance alleged to be due under tbe terms of a written contract, whereby tbe plaintiff agreed to furnish tbe defendant a course of instruction in all subjects embraced in an examination under tbe civil service commission for clerk or carrier in tbe post-office branch of tbe United States civil service, for which tbe defendant agreed to pay $45 in monthly instalments of $5.

Tbe course of instruction to be furnished tbe defendant was intended to prepare him to pass tbe civil service examination for rural mail carrier. Tbe contract was signed and a payment of $5…