Nyre v. Joint School District No. 1

Since sec. 40.19 (1), Stats., provides that “. . . No teaching contract with any person not legally authorized to teach the named school or subject shall be valid; and all teaching contracts shall terminate if, and when, the authority to teach terminates,” the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant upon the theory that if plaintiff had a valid contract in April it terminated in June when plaintiff’s 1947 permit to teach expired.

This would have been sound if renewal of plaintiff’s permit had been denied. There was no dispute that her application for permit for the year of the…