Folquet v. Woodburn Public Schools

This appeal is from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint and dismissing the action. The action was brought by plaintiff as administrator of his father’s estate to recover for breach of contract. The contract was entered into by plaintiff’s father and the defendant school district, and, by its terms, was to continue for a period of five years. On May 21, 1932, and before the contract had been fully executed, the father died- and thereupon the district terminated the contract and refused to permit the plaintiff as administrator to perform for the remainder of the term. The learned…