State v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board

On September 5, 1941, the above relatrix filed a mandamus suit against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board seeking to be reinstated as a probationary teacher of home economics in the Kentwood High School. She had taught in that capacity for the two preceding school years, but received a letter from the Superintendent in May, 1941, advising her that at a recent meeting of the school board members of the first ward it was decided that her services would not be retained for another session due to the fact that the desired results had not been obtained in her department.

A judgment was signed in…