Legal Opinion
Houghton v. School Committee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 10, 1940PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The case is before us upon a general demurrer. The petition alleges that the petitioner had been employed since 1929 as a teacher in the public schools of Somerville on tenure at the discretion of the school committee under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, § 41; that at the time of her election she was and still is a married woman; and that on September 26, 1938, the committee voted to dismiss her, having previously given as the reason for the proposed dismissal that it was “the policy of the school committee that the best interests of the school [¡schools?] will be served by the elimination of…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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