Legal Opinion

School Directors v. Sprague

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 5, 1898PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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

  1. Adkins v. MitchellIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State Ex Rel. Peterson v. HolmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935

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