Atkins v. Van Buren School Township

The demurrer of the appellant — who was the plaintiff below — to the answer was carried back and sustained to the complaint, and judgment given for thé appellee. We give the substance of the complaint:

The plaintiff says, that, on the 6th day of March, 1877, he entered into a contract with said defendant by her then trustee, John Steed, to teach and act as superintendent of the graded school of the town of Harmony, in said county, the same not being an incorporated town, for the then ensuing school year, to commence on the — day of September, 1877, at and for the agreed price of $4.50 per day;…