School District No. 3 v. Hale
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from Boulder Oounty Oov/rt. This action was brought by James K. Hale against School District No. 3, to recover $402.50, as the balance due him upon his employment from the 1st of September, 1886, to the 21th of May, 1881, as a teacher in the public schools of that district. His complaint sufficiently set forth the contract of hiring, and his performance, until he was wrongfully discharged in the month of November.
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Appeal from Boulder Oounty Oov/rt. This action was brought by James K. Hale against School District No. 3, to recover $402.50, as the balance due him upon his employment from the 1st of September, 1886, to the 21th of May, 1881, as a teacher in the public schools of that district. His complaint sufficiently set forth the contract of hiring, and his performance, until he was wrongfully discharged in the month of November. It was made to appear that on Sunday, the 28th day of November, at 2 in the afternoon, he was asked to tender his resignation as a teacher. By the same notice he was…
1Opinion of the Court
Bissell, C.
Upon sufficient proof of the contract, its breach and the damages sustained, the plaintiff was entitled *369to recover unless the statute has established a condition precedent, with which the plaintiff must show a’ compliance to entitle him to a judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction. That the plaintiff made ample proof of whatever facts were necessary to entitle him to a judgment, other than proof of an appeal taken, must be presumed.. The evidence upon which the judgment was rendered is not before this court, either in the abstract or in the record, and the court rendering the…
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