Brookfield v. Drury College
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. James T. Neville, Judge. (1) An indefinite hiring at a stipulated sum per year is a hiring at will, and may he terminated by either party at will. The burden is on the plaintiff to show a special contract for one year. The fact of a writing raises no presumption that there is a contract for one year. Boogher v. Insurance Co., 8 Mo. App. 533; Finger v. Koch, etc., Co., 13 Mo. App. 310; Harrington v. Brock-man Com. Co., 107 Mo.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. James T. Neville, Judge. (1) An indefinite hiring at a stipulated sum per year is a hiring at will, and may he terminated by either party at will. The burden is on the plaintiff to show a special contract for one year. The fact of a writing raises no presumption that there is a contract for one year. Boogher v. Insurance Co., 8 Mo. App. 533; Finger v. Koch, etc., Co., 13 Mo. App. 310; Harrington v. Brock-man Com. Co., 107 Mo. App. 418; Evans v. Railroad, 24 Mo. App. 114. (2) A proposal in writing which is so indefinite that it cannot form the basis of…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
NIXON, P. J. —
It will appear from the foregoing evidence that the defendant, Drury College, is located in Springfield, Missouri, and that it was organized and constituted a body politic and corporate under the laws of Missouri, “for the purpose of promoting the higher education and Christian culture, by founding and forever maintaining a school of liberal learning.” The en*361tire powers conferred upon the corporation, as appears by its charter, were vested in and to be exercised by a board of trustees of twenty members, of which seven members should constitute a quorum to transact…
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- Kelly v. ThueySupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Ringer v. HoltzclawSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Rucker v. HarringtonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893
- Bogie v. NolanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Kritzer v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
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