Forsythe v. Board of Trustees of Park College

This is an action for alleged breach of contract for services. A jury was waived and the court, sitting as a jury, gave verdict and judgment for the ■ plaintiff for $540, with interest and costs. The defendant has appealed.

The plaintiff’s petition alleges, in effect, that for several years she had been employed by the defendant as a housemother, her usual duties beginning about September 1 each year and running uptil after commencement ceremonies, or about August 1, for which she was paid $60 a month, plus board and living quarters of the reasonable' value of $40 a month; that she was…