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4 Blackf. 420

Wiley v. Shank

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1837

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1837-12-05

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Decided 1837-12-05

How this case has been cited

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently December 1900

1 district · 4 state decisions

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¶1A CONTRACT by which two persons by name, describing themselves as trustees of a certain school-district, agree that the “trustees” shall pay a teacher a certain sum for his services, and which is executed by those persons in their own names,—is binding upon them individually.

¶2In a justice’s Court, an article of agreement between the parties, containing conditions precedent to be performed by the plaintiff, may be filed as the cause of action, without an averment of performance of the conditions.

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