Smith v. School District Township

At the time involved in this action, the school district township of Grove, in Adair county, Iowa, was divided into nine subdistricts. Walter Lahey was the director of subdistrict No. 6, and Herbert Stowell was the president and Edward L., Bohan was the secretary of the school district township. On August 25, 1930, Grace L. Smith, who held a teácher’s certificate authorizing her to teach school, signed a contract to teach the school in subdistrict No. 6. This contract was also signed by Walter Lahey, director of the subdistrict, and was left with him. He later took the contract to Herbert…