Shortal v. School Directors of District No. 27

Mr. Presiding Justice

Eldredgé delivered the opin-r ion of the court.

Appellee recovered a judgment for the sum of $370 in the county court of Jersey county in an action of assumpsit brought to recover a balance claimed by her due as her salary as a school-teacher under an alleged contract with appellant. A jury was waived and the case was tried before the court.

Appellee taught the Union School in said district during the school year commencing in the fall of 1926 and ending May 5, 1927, at.a salary of $90 per month. The last day of school was celebrated with a picnic and two members of the…