School Directors v. Sprague
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for services as a school teacher. Trial in the Circuit Court of Brown County; the Hon. Harry Higbee, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This is an appeal from a judgment of $36.25 recovered by appellee for services as a school teacher. That she performed the services is not disputed; but it is contended that she is not entitled to recover, because the contract under which she was employed was void, and she did not return schedule and register- as required by statute.
Apropos is an expression in an opinion by the venerable Judge Glary;
“ This is an effort on the part of appellant to pay off an honest debt with a cold technicality of the law.”
John Buss, D. M. Roberts and W. H. McCaskill, were the directors for the district in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Adkins v. MitchellIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
3Cited by1 opinion
- State Ex Rel. Peterson v. HolmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935