Weir v. School District No. 201

Plaintiff brought suit to recover the amount of a year’s salary stipulated in a contract under which he had been employed as principal of a school district. Defendant resisted the action on the ground that the contract had been procured by plaintiff through fraud. Trial of the issues by the court without a jury resulted in a written decision in favor of defendants and a judgment dismissing the action. Plaintiff has appealed.

On June 4, 1937, appellant, William E. Weir, accompanied by his wife, went to Glenwood, Washington, for the purpose of applying for the position of principal of public…