Fitzgerald v. School District No. 20

Citations

• 5 Wash. 112
• 31 P. 427
• 1892 Wash. LEXIS 16

Syllabus

<p>SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS—EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHER — ACTION FOR SALARY — PLEADING—EVIDENCE — TEACHER’S CERTIFICATE.</p> <p>In an action to recover for services as a school teacher, from which position plaintiff was discharged before the expiration of her term of employment, where the allegations of the complaint regarding her employment by the school directors are admitted by the answer, proof as to the manner of employment is unnecessary, and errors committed by the court in the admission of evidence to prove her employment are immaterial.</p> <p>In such an action, the introduction by plaintiff of a document which is in form a regular first grade teacher’s certificate, signed by the county superintendent of schools and two examiners, dated September 1, 1890, and effective for a period more than covering the time of her employment, and which she states was delivered to her by the county superintendent as a teacher’s certificate, is prima facie proof of her possession of a certificate entitling her to teach at the time she was employed.</p>