State ex rel. Mary M. Knight School District No. 311 v. Wanamaker

The respondent, Mary M. Knight school district No. 311, Mason county, Washington, had employed the appellants, Donald B. Baker and Flavilla Baker, his wife, as a superintendent and a teacher, respectively, for the school year 1952-1953.

April 9, 1953, the respondent school board, at a special meeting, voted not to rehire the appellants, and directed the clerk of the board to notify them of the action of the board. April 11, 1953, the clerk of the board wrote to each appellant as follows:

“At a special meeting of the board of directors of Mary M. Knight School District No. 311, held at the…