Hopkins v. School District No. 3
Supreme Court of Vermont
Parol testimony. School teacher's certificate. Book Account. The plaintiff’s account was for 'teaching school for tlie defendants for one month, which the defendants admitted was done under their employment, at the price charged.
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Parol testimony. School teacher's certificate. Book Account. The plaintiff’s account was for 'teaching school for tlie defendants for one month, which the defendants admitted was done under their employment, at the price charged. On the trial before the auditor the plaintiff offered in evidence a certified copy of the record from the town clerk’s office in Danby, of a certificate of his qualifications to teach school, purporting to be dated in November, 1848, and signed by Edward Lapham and C. H. Cong-don, superintendents of common schools for Danby, and recorded October 6th, 1849. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
No question is made but that the plaintiff taught school in the district one month, in the winter of 1849, and by giving in evidence the certificate of his qualifications, purporting to have been signed by the superintendents of common schools, of a prior date, he showed a right, prima facie, to recover for those services. To entitle the school teacher to recover for his services, the statute requires that he should have the proper certificate of his qualifications before the rendition of his services.
The only important inquiry in this case…
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