Stroud v. City of Stevens Point
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Action brought by Stroud to recover tbe sum of $300 claimed as teacher’s wages, upon an agreement entered into between bimself and school district No. 1 of the city of Stevens Point, whereby it was agreed that he should teach in the principal department of one of the ward schools of the city for ten months, commencing Sept. 1,1872, for $100 per month, and be paid the amount due upon the contract on or before July 1, 1873.…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Action brought by Stroud to recover tbe sum of $300 claimed as teacher’s wages, upon an agreement entered into between bimself and school district No. 1 of the city of Stevens Point, whereby it was agreed that he should teach in the principal department of one of the ward schools of the city for ten months, commencing Sept. 1,1872, for $100 per month, and be paid the amount due upon the contract on or before July 1, 1873. The complaint alleged that, at the date of the agreement, the district was identical in extent and boundaries with the…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
We have looked into the charter of the city, the respondent, ch. 267 of 1858; and, as far as we can judge, upon its passage, common schools in the city remained under the town system. The connection between the town and that part of its territory constituting the city, is dissolved for all town purposes (charter, ch. 9, sec. 20); but the authority of the town superintendent of schools within the city is expressly continued (id., sec. 19). The city indeed takes power to levy school taxes (id., ch. 7, sec. 8); apparently because the town lost the power.' Beyond these provisions, we find nothing…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- School District No. 3 v. MacloonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
- State ex rel. School District No. 2 v. WolfromWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Briggs v. School District No. 1Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
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- State ex rel. Board of Education v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
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