Madison County Board of Education v. Miles

George Clifton Miles, principal of the Flora School at Flora, Mississippi, Attendance Center within the Madison County School District, was given notice of charges against him filed by the County Superintendent of Education of Madison County. A hearing was hád and Miles was removed as principal. He appealed to the State Board of Education which affirmed the case although it noted that the evidence was weak. Miles then appealed to the Chancery Court of Madison County and that court reversed the case on the ground that there was no substantial evidence to sustain the charges, and ordered Miles…