Shannon Ex Rel. Shannon v. Board of Education

The complainant, Solomon N. Shannon, on relation of the State of Tennessee, filed his original bill in the Chancery Court of Sullivan County against the Board of Education of the City of Kingsport, seeking to enforce certain rights as a teacher in the public schools pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 76 of the Public Acts of 1951, Code, Sec. 2345.1 et seq., known as the “Teacher Tenure Act.”

The bill charges that complainant Shannon was a resident citizen of Kingsport and had been employed as a regular teacher for six consecutive school years next pre*253ceding the school year, 1953-1954, by…