Richardson v. McMullan

This suit originated in the Circuit Court of Newton County, with a petition by appellee W. M. McMullan for a writ of mandamus against defendants and appellants here, Bert Richardson, the Superintendent of Education of Newton County, and Barfoot, Johnson, Gordon, Simmons and Blount, members of the Newton County Board of Education. McMullan claimed that the Board con*789tracted with him to serve as principal of a school for the scholastic year 1957-1958 at a stated salary, but it refused to carry out such agreement. The petition sought to enforce the contract of employment, so as to require the…