City of Crawfordsville v. Hays

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant, commenced before a justice of the peace. *201Before the justice there was judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed to the circuit court, where there was a like judgment.

The complaint contained two paragraphs. The first alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was employed by the board of school trustees of the city of Crawfordsville to teach in the public school of that city for the period of nine months, commencing September 13th, 1869, and en.ding June loth, 1870, at the rate of forty-five dollars per month; that…