School City of East Chicago v. Sigler

Appellee was a tenure teacher in the schools of appellant. His last contract was dated September 6, 1937, was on the official form prescribed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and covered the school year beginning in the fall of 1937. It contained a provision that the teacher should “observe all rules and regulations ,of the properly constituted school authorities.”

In the afternoon of March 9, 1938, appellee mailed to the Secretary of State a declaration of appellee’s candidacy for the nomination for the office of state representative. In the evening of the same day the school…