Dyberry School District v. Mercer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county : Of July Term 1886, .No. 120. Appeal by the Dyberry School District, from the judgment of a justice of the peace in favor of Nellie J. Mercer, in an action brought by her to recover damages from said school district, for refusing to permit her to teach school for the term for which she alleged she was employed.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county : Of July Term 1886, .No. 120. Appeal by the Dyberry School District, from the judgment of a justice of the peace in favor of Nellie J. Mercer, in an action brought by her to recover damages from said school district, for refusing to permit her to teach school for the term for which she alleged she was employed. The facts of the case as they appeared on the trial are as follows: The plaintiff alleged and so testified that in the spring or summer of 1884, she had been employed by the defendants to teach school for them for the term of seven…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
If we adhere to the principle recognized in Cascade School District v. Lewis School District, 43 Pa., 318, and the construction heretofore given to the Act of April 11th, 1862, in Dennison School District v. Padden, 89 Id. 395, and other cases, it is very clear that plaintiff below failed to sustain her claim for damages against the School District, defendant, for refusing to permit her to teach during the last three months of the school jrear 1883-4. Her contention was that she had been duly appointed teacher of the “ Glass Factory ” school for the full term of seven months, and after…
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