School City of Crawfordsville v. Montgomery

Appellee filed complaint against appellant for an alleged breach of a written contract between appellee and appellant, whereby appellee was employed to serve as superintendent of the city schools of Crawfordsville, Indiana, for a period of three years beginning August 1, 1928. A copy of said contract was made part of the complaint.

Clause five of the contract provided: “This contract may be terminated: (a) by the Board of Trustees at any time for good cause, if and when such Board acting in good faith and upon sufficient evidence shall find such good cause to exist.”

In his complaint appellee…