Legal Opinion

Board of Education v. Bacon

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 14, 1918No. 9397PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Action for breacli of contract; from Colquitt superior court— Judge Thomas. November 24, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.

This was a suit for damages for the breach of a contract of employment, brought against the Board of Education of the Town of Doerun, Georgia, by one of its school-teachers. Her petition alleged, that she had been employed by the board, under a special contract,'to teach in its schools for a period of nine months, at a salary of fifty dollars per month; that after teaching for something over four months she was wrongfully discharged without notice and without cause; that she had sought diligently, but unsuccessfully, to secure other like employment to lessen the damages arising from the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. HartwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
  2. Hall v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. United States v. MauriceU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1823
  4. The People Ex Rel. v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  5. People ex rel. Throop v. LangdonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  3. Regents of the University System v. BlantonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  4. Cook v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
  5. State ex rel. Board of Directors of School District No. 306 v. PrestonWashington Supreme Court · 1922

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