Butler v. Haines

— The appellee sued the appellant, charging, in substance, that, being the trustee of Yan Burén township, in Grant county, the appellant made a verbal contract with the appellee to teach for six months from September 29th, 1879, in one of the schools of the township; that it was understood that the contract should be reduced to writing in the near future; that in pursuance of the contract the defendant gave' notice that the school would commence on September 29th, 1879, and on that day put the plaintiff in possession of the: school house, and the plaintiff began and continued to teach for two…