Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-09
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANIELSoN

EuAn&4y figured prominently rues-
cay IN the opening OF the March tern
~ the suDrsme court. supreme trtouna
At Connecticut, at Hartfod. Two case,
% very special local interest were ar
Eueo-thas OF Miss Gertrude A. WardeIl'
VS.. the town Of Killingly and that Of At
sornsy Harry z. Back OF Danielson VS..
The Peoples National Fire Insurance
company.
The first case heard was that II Ger
trude A. wardell against the town Of
KiiinEiy, on the plaintiffs appeal from
the superior court Of Windhain ccun-
y.
Miss wagdell. whose home is IN eileen
Ridge, n. j.. was engaged as music
teacher IN Kdlhngly on Sept. /, 1918.
she served until Feb. IL, 1919, when she
received notice to the effect that her
services would not be required after
February 10. Suit for breach Of con-
tract followed Immediately.
Under the general statutes OF Connec-
tk-1lf every teacher Is required to sub
NIT 10 an examination and receive a
certificate of appreciation before being
permitted to teach. It was claimed by
the town that Miss Wardell had no SUCH
certificate and that she had been lilo
rgqiv ENGAGED. She could. therefore, be
discharged at any time without beach
o. Of contract.
The teacher, however, claimed that
she had submitted to an examination
AM that she had received a certificate
Irom a committee o, the school board.
This certificate she could not fn1 at the
time Of the f%t trial She asked dam
ages Of 5000. The superior court
found for the defendsnt and from that
liz appeal Tux sday was heal /.
The second case heard was that of
Harry E Back against the PAo1 IS Ma
tondl Fire Insurance Co. Nj. Eack.
1,p.s. rcn,e is in Killingly, claimed that
on June IS 1918, he had ms trad his
house. ard furniture against fra % the
extent o. siSvc On May /, ll19, the
h9m. and It's contents were totally a. =
E-:vtd ay fire Mr.. Back c!lnbel the
tnsut ance ,t.e but did not receive 1t be-
cause the Land on which the mousse stood
was not owned by him in fee simple.
He replied by saying that he had told
he company at the time that he did not
o1vn the land. but they had gone ahead
and insured house and goods just the
sas1e- This state ment the company de-
Gied. declaring that 1t nsver had been
Informed Of this fact and pointed to a
clause in the policy which it sai1 made
he policy void If the interest of the in
TuTe0 was q mn IMAM unCOHulLloLdl anu
sole OWNERSHIP
IN the Windham county su7erior court
rerdict was given for tire nlaintiff, from
which the company appealed.
DanieIson was treated to a surprise
Wednesday morning. when through the
Norwich news columns OF The Bulletin
announcement was made Of the mar
mage in that CITY on February Il. o.
Wyi'tt IT, HarUar and Miss Elizabeth
Lew both teachers at Killinglv H:g'
school There was nothing IN eother o
the two items that appeared in The Bull
letln 70 indi1a+e that the nrincipals were
RESIDENTS Of Danielson. but the nsmai
wdere readily recoEnized and congratu
iations and good wishes were rendered
them during the day. Both teacher
were new 70 Kilhnglv High school las
Tall. Mrs. Han0er came here. from Fox
boro. Mass. while Mr.. Harper cam
here from Michigan.
Auction notice The household good
and garden tools from the estate Of tn
axe William R. Thurber will be sol
ron lis late residence over the postot