Shirley v. School Board of School District No. 58

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

This is a suit by a school teacher to recover the amount of her salary for the school year of 1956-1957 from the appellant school boards.

The district court heard the case without a jury and rendered judgment in favor of the teacher for the full amount specified in her contract of employment. The school boards have appealed.

The following facts were pleaded by the plaintiff and proved at the trial not only by her own evidence, but in most situations by testimony of members of the school board. The plaintiff had been the teacher at the. West…