GIBSON v. State Ex Rel. Sorrells

This is an action brought by the relatrix, Ruth Alyne Sorrells, against the above named appellants and their successors to- recover alleged deficiencies in her salary as an attendance officer of Martin County, Indiana. It is an action of mandate to compel the payment of the alleged shortage.

The basic issue is whether the County Board of Education of Martin County, Indiana, could appoint an attendance officer for one year, but employ and instruct the officer to serve and be paid for only a school year of nine or ten months. The trial court entered judgment in favor of the relatrix in the…