Parker v. School District of Valley Park

JAMES D. CLEMENS, Special Commissioner.

The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for the unpaid salary installments of his teacher’s contract. The school district appeals, claiming that plaintiff had voluntarily abandoned his contract before the end of the school year.'

Plaintiff’s evidence: Ry written contract the school district employed Parker to teach its music classes for the 1956-57 school year at Valley Park School. During the fall semester the district’s superintendent, Mr. Knight, was critical of Parker’s failure to keep discipline, and on the last school day before the Christmas holi*60da…