Libby v. Inhabitants of Douglas
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon an account annexed, to recover salary as principal of the defendant’s high school for three weeks and four days, at the rate of $800 per year, during which time the school was closed. At the trial in the Superior Court, before CrasTdll, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The verdict for the plaintiff involves a finding that his employment was to teach during the school year, for a compensation of $800, of which sum he was to receive $80 per month, and that while the school was suspended by the committee he stood ready to teach. This leaves two questions for decision.
1. By the provisions of Pub. Sts. c. 44, § 29, every teacher shall, before he opens school, obtain from the committee a certificate in duplicate of his qualifications, and one of these certificates shall be deposited with the selectmen before any payment is made to the teacher. The defendant…
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