Davis v. School Directors

This was an action brought before a justice of the.peace, by appellant, to recover on a contract to teach school for appellees for three months at $33.33 per month. On a trial before the justice plaintiff recovered a judgment for $80. Defendant perfected an appeal to the circuit court of Perry county, where a trial was had by the court and a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of defendants. Plaintiff appeals to this court and asks a reversal.

It appears, from the evidence, that one Luke, a director of the school district, on the 25th of March, 1876, saw appellant and told him…