School District No. 4 v. Stilley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court" of Williamson County; the Hon. W. W. Duncan, Judge, presiding. On Hay 10, 1888, the board of directors of District 4, T. 10 S., E. 3 E., held a meeting for the purpose of employing teachers. Appellee solicited employment as a teacher. In acting on applications for employment the board determined to employ appellee and gave her notice of her employment.
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Appeal from the County Court" of Williamson County; the Hon. W. W. Duncan, Judge, presiding. On Hay 10, 1888, the board of directors of District 4, T. 10 S., E. 3 E., held a meeting for the purpose of employing teachers. Appellee solicited employment as a teacher. In acting on applications for employment the board determined to employ appellee and gave her notice of her employment. As testified to by one of the directors, “the board agreed to and did hire Miss Hannah Stilley, and ordered that the contract be reduced to writing and signed by her. The clerk was ordered at the meeting to prepare…
1Opinion of the CourtPhillips, J.
The proposition of appellee soliciting employment at the meeting of the board on May 10th was accepted, conditioned that she should sign a written contract, to be prepared by the clerk of the board, and which was then prepared. Of this appellee had notice. The contract so written was the proposition of the board, to which her assent was required before the contract was consummated.
At the time she assented to that proposition and signed the contract she held a teacher’s certificate. The contract, though dated May 10th, was not consummated until July or August as shown by the evidence, and was…
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