Legal Opinion
Benson v. Inhabitants of Newfield
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 17, 1938PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudson, J.
Action in assumpsit to recover damages for alleged breach of contract. It comes up on defendants’ exceptions to the acceptance of the Referee’s report.
Facts found by him are: that the plaintiff, without formal employment, acted as principal of the defendants’ high school during the school year of 1935 — 1936; that on April 29, 1936, at a school board meeting attended by all of its three members as well as by the superintendent of schools, he was reelected for the ensuing school year of 1936 — 1937 at a salary of $1020; that thereat the superintendent did not formally nominate him nor…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Staples v. LittlefieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- Hawkins v. Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- Inhabitants of Wellington v. Inhabitants of CorinnaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1908
- Hopkins v. Inhabitants of BucksportSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1920
- Michaud v. Inhabitants of St. FrancisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Hinds v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
- Mottram v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Beckett v. RoderickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
- Board of Directors v. Maine School Administrative District No. 36 Teachers Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Logan v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
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