Polk v. Board of Education

Citations

• 7 Cal. Unrep. 170
• 74 P. 47
• 1903 Cal. LEXIS 950

Syllabus

<p>Schools—Employment of Teacher—Proof of Contract.—A contract of a school board employing plaintiff as a teacher for the ensuing year at a salary of $1,100' is proved by minutes of the board showing she was elected teacher for the ensuing year, a letter from one of the members to her informing her of her election, a letter from her to him accepting the employment, and proof that for several years previously she had been employed by the board at a salary of $1,100, and that, in pursuance of the employment for the year in question, she entered on her duties and taught for the first four months, receiving the due proportion of the salary at that rate.</p>