Cardwell v. Howard

This is an action by a school bus driver to recover for an alleged breach of contract with a consolidated school district. He recovered a judgment for $700 against the school district, and the district appealed to this court.

The plaintiff, respondent here, has not filed a brief. The cause was orally argued by the school district, appellant here, and during the argument the question of jurisdiction arose, and it is our duty to first dispose of that question. We might state here that the petition does not name the school district as a party defendant, but the district answered, and the judgment…