Crabb v. School District No. 1
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Heaves, Judge. (1) The plaintiff and defendant could not make any contract binding upon the defendant by which plaintiff should be employed to teach, unless at the time said contract was made plaintiff held a certificate which authorized her to teach in defendant’s school at the time of the opening thereof.
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Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Heaves, Judge. (1) The plaintiff and defendant could not make any contract binding upon the defendant by which plaintiff should be employed to teach, unless at the time said contract was made plaintiff held a certificate which authorized her to teach in defendant’s school at the time of the opening thereof. E. S. 1889, secs. 8021 and 8022. (2) The plaintiff, neither at the time of the making of her alleged contract, nor at the time defendant’s schools opened, held a certificate authorizing her to teach school in Bates county, Missouri, and for…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
— This is a suit on a contract entered into on the seventh day of June, 1899, by and between the *257plaintiff and School District No. 1, township 15, Bates county, Missouri, by the terms of which the board of said district employed the plaintiff to teach in its school, for a period of nine months at a salary of $35 per month. When the term began, on the fourth day of September, the defendant refused to permit the plaintiff to teach, and this suit is for her salary, less time she was employed to teach in another district. She recovered judgment and the defendant has appealed.
The defendant admits…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chouteau v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Heralson v. MasonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Doyle v. TurpinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Tate v. School District No. 11Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930