Strange v. School District No. 97

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

The action was against a school district to collect damages for the breach of a contract to employ plaintiff- to teach school. A demurrer to the evidence of plaintiff was sustained. He appeals.

The facts are that Virgil B. Strange had taken some work at the Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia some time prior to the fall of 1927. When he finished his work there that spring he thought he was entitled to a three-year certificate entitling him to teach for three years in the schools of the state. He wrote a letter in May, *2691927, to the…