Neville v. School Directors Dist. No. 1
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Marshall county, the Hon. Sam’l L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit commenced by Edwin B. Neville against the school directors of district No. 1, T. 32 N., R. 2 W., 3rd P. M., in the Putnam Circuit Court. The case was afterwards sent to Marshall county, on a change of venue.
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Marshall county, the Hon. Sam’l L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit commenced by Edwin B. Neville against the school directors of district No. 1, T. 32 N., R. 2 W., 3rd P. M., in the Putnam Circuit Court. The case was afterwards sent to Marshall county, on a change of venue. The declaration averred, that in August, 1862, defendants employed plaintiff to teach a school in the district known as the Hennepin Graded School, for the term of ten months, to commence the 8th of September, 1862 ; and agreed to pay him $500 for his…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit, brought for the recovery of the sum agreed to be paid to plaintiff as a teacher of a public school. He was employed by the directors to teach the higher class, and to act as principal of the school for the period of ten months. After he had taught four months, the directors, two favoring and one objecting, dismissed him, and gave him notice of their action. During the remaining six months of the period for which he had been employed, he was unengaged, and he now claims the right to recover for the remainder of the term, having received payment for the time he…
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