Wilson v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. cited; 42 Mo. 117; 1 Par. on Cont., 475; 24 N. Y. 40; 48 Mo. 201; 28 Mo. 322; 30 Mo. 118. contended among other points, that while township boards of education could only make contracts in writing for the employment of teachers, boards of education of cities, towns and villages might contract in .the same manner as other corporations, and that the action of the sub-committee was authorized by, and binding on the board.
1Opinion of the CourtHough, Judge
This was an action against the board of education of the city or town of Lee’s Summit, for a breach of contract alleged by the plaintiff to have been made between him and the defendant, for the services of himself and wife as teachers in defendant’s schools, for the period of ten mouths.
The defendant denied that there was any contract between it and the plaintiff for the period of ten months, or for any specified time.
There was testimony on the part of the plaintiff, tending to show that after several interviews between the plaintiff and two members of the board of education, Bayliss and…
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