School Directors v. Reddick
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, by Haney E. Reddick against the School Directors of District Ho. 5, in Township 1 Horth, Range 1 West, in Clinton county, to recover for wages as a school teacher. The court below found for the plaintiff. The opinion sufficiently states the nature of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
Whether plaintiff’s contract with the school directors was an unconditional one to teach a five months’ school, was purely a question of fact, about which the evidence was quite conflicting. It was a question of fact to be found from the weight of the evidence, and, treating the finding of the court as we would the verdict of a jury, we perceive no valid reason for setting it aside.
Under our statute, the directors, no doubt, could, at any time, discharge plaintiff for incompetencv, notwithstanding she may have been employed for a definite period that had not expired. This is really what they…
2Cited by9 opinions
- Bessler v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Hansen v. Columbia Breweries, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1942
- People Ex Rel. Davidson v. BradleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- Bowden v. Board of Education of School District No. 41Appellate Court of Illinois · 1931
- Carver v. School District No. 6Michigan Supreme Court · 1897
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