Perkins v. Inhabitants of Standish

On exceptions. Action was commenced by a writ dated March 3, 1947. The plaintiff, Doris Perkins, a school teacher, seeks to recover wages for the balance of the' school year after her alleged wrongful discharge on January 24, 1947 by Mr. Jack, the Superintendent of Schools for a School Union of which the defendant town was a member.

The case was heard by the presiding justice with right of exceptions as to matters of law reserved. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant made a motion for a non-suit based on the fact that the plaintiff did not have the teachers’ certificate required…