Brecht v. Board of Public Education

Pee Cubiam,

Appellant has been an employee of the Board of Public Education of the Philadelphia School District for thirty-two years. Shortly after the passage of the Teachers’ Tenure Act of April 6, 1937, P. L. 213, the Board tendered him a written contract in the form provided by Section 2, amending Section 1205 of the School Code of 1911. In the blank reserved for the number of months of service included in the annual compensation, the Board had inserted the number “twelve.” Appellant refused to enter into the contract as drawn and insisted that the Board tender to him a new agreement…