Bialeck v. City of Hartford

The Hartford board of education in 1946 voted, “subject to receipt of necessary additional funds,” to pay each teacher a cost of living adjustment of $450. It requested an appropriation for that purpose from the city council. This was refused. The basic question is whether the teachers have an enforceable contract for the $450. The statement of facts is facilitated by two factors. None of the findings of fact are disputed. Most of the requests to have paragraphs of the draft finding added to the finding are abandoned. The rest are, in the main, either substantially included in the finding or…