Union School District No. 6 v. Sterricker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Htram H. Cody, Judge, presiding. This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant, originating before a justice of the peace. On the trial in the circuit court the plaintiff’s evidence showed an employment to teach a three months school at $25, and she to be boarded, and her discharge at the end of the first month.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Htram H. Cody, Judge, presiding. This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant, originating before a justice of the peace. On the trial in the circuit court the plaintiff’s evidence showed an employment to teach a three months school at $25, and she to be boarded, and her discharge at the end of the first month. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the court below for $87.50. The proof showed that the plaintiff’s certificate was given without any personal examination.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
This is an action by appellee against appellant for services as a school teacher. The testimony tends to show that appellee was employed to teach a school for appellant for a given time, and that at the end of a month, and before the time had elapsed, one of the directors, with the approbation of a second, discharged the teacher and forbade her teaching any longer; and no sufficient justification is shown for her discharge. By the terms of her agreement she was to be boarded and paid $25 a month. The testimony tended to prove that it was difficu it to get employment in a school after she was…
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