Jaqueth v. Town of Guilford School District

The defendant school district terminated at the end of the second year a three-year contract with the plaintiff to transport school pupils. The plaintiff brought suit for the loss of his expected return on the remaining year’s life of the contract. His claim was that the defendant had no right or cause to put an end to the contract ahead of its term. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff appealed.

The errors he complains of all relate to evidence that the plaintiff says was improperly admitted. To avoid putting a premium on trivial error and to limit retrials, as far…