School District No. 8 v. Estes

Lake, Ch. J.

It is evident that tbe written contract sued upon does not fully express the agreement of the parties to it, aud under some circumstances its reformation by suitable action would have been indispensable to entitle the defendant in error to recover wages for her services as teacher at the rate of forty-five dollars per month. As expressed, the sum mentioned would seem to be the compensation for the *53entire term of nine months, the language being “that the said Emma Estes shall teach the primary school of said district for the term of nine months, commencing on the 11th day of April,…