Curkeet v. Joint School District No. 2
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eichland county: Geob&e Olementson, Circuit Judge. Action by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant for breach of a contract in discharging him from his employment as a school teacher.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eichland county: Geob&e Olementson, Circuit Judge. Action by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant for breach of a contract in discharging him from his employment as a school teacher. The plaintiff was an assistant' in the defendant’s high school during the years 1910-11 and 1911-12 and was re-engaged to teach in the high school beginning the' school year 1912 — 13. He taught from the opening of school, September 12, 1912, and continued in the service until March 8, 1913, when he was dismissed from service by the school board.…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckeb, J.
It is contended by tbe plaintiff that the evidence does not justify the submission of the case to the jury and that the court errqd in refusing to direct a verdict in his favor for the $250 as demanded in his complaint. The school board is by statute required to-perform the duties incident to conducting the common schools, among them the following:
“The board shall visit the school, examine into its condition, advise .with the teacher in regard to the instruction, government and progress of the pupils, and exercise such general supervision as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of…
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