Nester v. School Committee of Fall River

These are four petitions for writs of mandamus by which each petitioner seeks to compel the respondents to reinstate her as a teacher in the public schools of Fall River on the ground that she had acquired the status of a teacher employed “at discretion” within G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, § 41, and was dismissed in violation of the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, § 42, as appearing in St. 1934, c. 123.

There is an agreement as to all the material facts, and the cases upon request of the parties were reported to this court, without decision, pursuant to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 111. Moore…