Snyder v. Washington Township School District

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

On January 28, 1931, the directors of the defendant school district dismissed the plaintiff, Laura J. Snyder, from her employment as the teacher of its school at Bock, Pa., and placed another employee in charge thereof. She had been employed by them, under a written contract, to teach that school for a term of eight months, beginning September 8, 1930, and at a compensation of $800, payable monthly during the school term.

Alleging that her dismissal was illegal, plaintiff brought suit for the balance of wages she would have received from the date of her discharge to…