Dickey v. Trustees of the Putnam Free School
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the Trustees of the Putnam Free School, a corporation established by St. 1838, c. 85, with two counts, the first count alleging that the defendant engaged and contracted with the plaintiff to be a teacher in its school at ISTewburyport for the school year beginning in September, 1898, and ending in June, 1899, for the sum of 1400 for his services for such school year, that the plaintiff performed the services and that the defendant failed to pay him as…
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Contract against the Trustees of the Putnam Free School, a corporation established by St. 1838, c. 85, with two counts, the first count alleging that the defendant engaged and contracted with the plaintiff to be a teacher in its school at ISTewburyport for the school year beginning in September, 1898, and ending in June, 1899, for the sum of 1400 for his services for such school year, that the plaintiff performed the services and that the defendant failed to pay him as agreed, and the second count being upon an account annexed for $400 and interest. Writ dated'July 21, 1902. At the trial, in…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
In execution of the trust created by the will of Oliver Putnam, and under the enabling statute of incorporation, the private school for which he provided had been successfully founded and maintained. St. 1888, c. 85. At some period this school and the high school of the city of Newburyport had been unitedly administered, yet the arrangement for a joint administration does, not appear to have been perfected until the agreement and plan of co-operation were adopted and made permanent in 1885. If the educational functions of the united schools were substantially similar, the foundations upon…
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