Haas v. Holder

SHAKE, J. The appellant brought this action to compel re-employment as a permanent teacher and to recover damages for breach of contract, under the original Teachers Tenure Law (Acts 1927, ch. 97, p. 259), as it was before the amendment eliminating township schools (Acts 1933, ch. 116, p. 716, § 28-4307 et seq., Burns 1933, § 6003 et seq., Baldwins 1934). The amended complaint was in one paragraph, to which a demurrer for want of facts was overruled. Five paragraphs of answer were filed -- the first a general denial and the others affirmative, to which there was a reply in denial. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, resulting in general findings and judgment for the appellees. The appellants motion for a new trial was overruled, on which she assigns error on