Nicholson v. Ash Flat School District No. 4

Appellant, Clayton Nicholson, filed suit against appellee, Ash Flat School District No. 4, for damages alleging breach of contract of employment between Nicholson and Peace Yalley School District No. 13, which District had consolidated with and become part of Ash Flat District.

The contract provides that Nicholson shall teach the Peace Yalley school for an eight-month period beginning July 19,1948, and further provides: “This contract shall be renewed and continued in force on the same terms and for the same salary, unless increased by the provisions of law, for the school year succeeding the…