Mayes v. Bailey

Appellant, complainant below, was a supervisor of the. public schools of Claiborne County, Tennessee, from 1952 until September, 1960, at which time he was relieved of his duties as such supervisor by joint action of the superintendent of the the County school system and by vote of two-thirds of the members of the board of education of said County and was given the position of principal of a school in said County. Through his bill filed in the Chancery Court he sought an injunction or writ of mandamus restoring him to his former position. Answers were filed by all defendants, proof was…