School District No. 15 ex rel. Baird v. Wood
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, for Fremont County. Hon. James G. Gwinn, Judge. Action to recover from the trustees and county superintendent money paid to teachers of the public schools employed upon oral contracts. Judgment for defendants. A teacher cannot recover for services rendered under an oral contract, either on the oral contract or quantum meruit, when the statute requires the contract to be in writing. (Leland v. School Dist.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, for Fremont County. Hon. James G. Gwinn, Judge. Action to recover from the trustees and county superintendent money paid to teachers of the public schools employed upon oral contracts. Judgment for defendants. A teacher cannot recover for services rendered under an oral contract, either on the oral contract or quantum meruit, when the statute requires the contract to be in writing. (Leland v. School Dist. No. 28, 77 Minn. 469, 80 N. W. 354; Langston v. School Dist. No. 3, 121 Mich. 654, 80 N. W. 642; Hutchins v. School Dist. No.…
1Opinion of the CourtBudge, J.
This is an action by School District No. 15 of Fremont county, upon the relation of W. G. Baird, against the trustees of the district and the county superintendent, to recover money paid to teachers of the public schools of the district, because no written contract had been entered into with such teachers.
The material part of the answer alleges:
“That said certificates and orders for warrants were drawn, signed and issued .... in payment for services performed .... as a teacher in the school in said district, that such services were performed by said teacher pursuant to a contract previously…
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- School District No. 69 v. HundleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
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