Los Angeles Heights Independent School Dist. v. Whitehead

On May 8,1929, the board of trustees of Los Angeles Heights independent school district, in Bexar county, re-elected E. S. J. Whitehead as district superintendent for the ensuing 1929-30 school term, and tendered the position to him. In July, upon the assumption that Whitehead had not accepted, but had declined the office, the board proceeded to elect F. S. Eakley thereto. The latter accepted, and in due course entered upon, and presumably is still performing, the duties of the office, to the exclusion of Whitehead.

Whitehead took the position that he had timely accepted the office when…