Plains Township School District's Appeal. No. 2

Valentine, P. J.,

Appellee, Loretta Cotter, formerly Loretta Healy, has been a teacher in the schools of Plains Township School District for about 13 years. On January 7,1939, appellee and Emmett Cotter were married. On July 7,1941, the board of school directors for said district adopted a resolution requiring professional employes to establish a residence within the township, and providing that the residence of all married female teachers “shall be deemed to be that of their husbands”.

Mrs. Cotter was dismissed as a teacher for “wilful and persistent negligence” because of her failure to…