Sharon v. Spalding School District

As former superintendent of schools for the defendant district, plaintiff brought this action for breach of a 5-year employment contract. * Plaintiff began his duties as superintendent in 1946. In 1951 he entered into a 3-year contract which was to terminate July 1, 1954. At a meeting May 1, 1953, especially called to pass upon “the hiring of teachers for the ensuing year”, the school board voted to re-engage plaintiff for a 5-year term, although he still had 1 year to run on his old contract. A regular meeting of the school board was held on June 4, 1953. At this meeting the new 5-year…