Sirmon v. Roberts

Grieein Smith, Chief Justice.

The motion for mandamus, denied below, is based upon Act 319 of 1941, as amended by Act 136 of 1943.

Athens School District No. 10 of Howard County employed Mrs. Farris Sirmon to teach the term ending February 23, 1945. Approximately three weeks before expiration of the 1944-’45 period for which Mrs. Sirmon had been expressly retained, the District contracted with Mrs. Travis Strasner for the succeeding term. T. W. Roberts, Ben Mullen, and J. T. Harris, as directors, were made defendants in the action brought by Mrs. Sirmon August 2,1945. It was alleged that the…