Board of Education v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before .Judge Kimsey. Stephen? superior court. The contract sued on was signed by Palmer and by the county school commissioner on behalf of the board of education. It contained (among others not here material) the following terms: “The Board of Education of Stephens County promises to pay of the common-school fund, to Prof.
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Complaint. Before .Judge Kimsey. Stephen? superior court. The contract sued on was signed by Palmer and by the county school commissioner on behalf of the board of education. It contained (among others not here material) the following terms: “The Board of Education of Stephens County promises to pay of the common-school fund, to Prof. C. C. Palmer for teaching a school for white children in-subdistrict of said county at Martin schoolhouse, for five months of the school j^ear ending December 31st, 1906, a salary of $40 forty dollars per month. . . The board reserves the right to diminish…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
Under the terms of the contract set forth in the statement of facts, the teacher, the plaintiff in this case, was' entitled to receive $40 per month as his entire compensation, and he wks not entitled to any additional pay from the county-school fund, of either the County of Franklin or the County of Stephens The Board of Education of Stephens County had authority, under the provisions of § 1370 of the Political Code, to make employment of teachers at a salary; and when Palmer accepted this, it was in lieu of the right to participate in the common-school fund which, in proportion to the…
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