Fuller v. De Paul Univertsity

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment in an action to recover damages for an alleged breach of an oral contract made by defendant to employ plaintiff as a teacher; defendant asserted that when plaintiff applied for employment he concealed material facts about himself which if defendant had known it would not have employed plaintiff.

At the conclusion of the evidence defendant moved the court to instruct the jury to find in its favor; ruling on this was reserved; the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, assessing his damages at $2,000; subsequently the court sustained the' motion of…