Gainer v. Board of Education of Jefferson County

BROWN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit' court denying peremptory writ of mandamus sought by the appellant to compel the board to recognize petitioner’s continuous service status under the teacher’s tenure of employment act embodied in Chapter 13, Title 52, Code of 1940. The petition was filed under the provisions of § 358 of said title as amended by the act approved July 7, 1945. See 1945 Cumulative Pocket Part, Code of 1940, p. 20, § 358, T. 52.

Upon the filing of the petition for mandamus averring that petitioner had served as a teacher in the public school system of…