Johnson v. City of Jackson

The City of Jackson appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court awarding the complainant below, Hannah L. Johnson, a judgment of $1,550. The complainant, Hannah L. Johnson, brought suit for the amount of her salary for the school year 1950-1951 alleging that she had been reelected as a teacher for the 1950-1951 school year and that she was prevented from serving as such teacher through the unlawful acts of the defendant and its officials - and through no fault of her own.

The Chancellor made no finding of fact in the cause except in the final decree and which decree being short we copy in full…