School District Number 1 v. Edmonston
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Defendant was not a trespasser but was' legally employed and 'rightfully in possession on the fifteenth of May, 1890, at the legal meeting of the board, by a majority thereof employing the defendant to teach the school and ordered the clerk to close the contract, which he did.
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Appeal from the Audrain Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Defendant was not a trespasser but was' legally employed and 'rightfully in possession on the fifteenth of May, 1890, at the legal meeting of the board, by a majority thereof employing the defendant to teach the school and ordered the clerk to close the contract, which he did. Under this contract, without any knowledge that it was objectionable, or not signed by the president, she was put in possession by a director who was the clerk. We insist that the case of Wilson v. Board of Ed., 63 Mo. 137, is decisive of this case. It…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
— This is a proceeding by injunction to restrain defendant from interfering with and preventing the plaintiff: from carrying on a school in the school district. The injunction was granted and defendant appeals. Defendant claimed to be the rightful teacher under a contract with the directors, and was going to the schoolhouse from day to day, teaching the school against the protest of the directors who claimed to have employed another person, and that defendant was preventing them from carrying out their contract with such person, thereby preventing the carrying on of the school recognized by…
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