Finch v. Fractional School District No. 1 of Vassar & No. 2 of Tuscola

Plaintiff was hired as superintendent of schools of the defendant school district. A provision of the written contract signed by the parties, here material, is that if plaintiff shall be dismissed from the school by the board of trustees for gross immorality he shall not be entitled to any compensation from and after such dismissal. The board had before it charges of gross immorality against the plaintiff, in substance, • that plaintiff had frequently taken the name of God in vain and had used, habitually, profane language in the presence and hearing of his pupils. The board appointed a time…