Svihra v. Samuelson

The complaint and cross-complaint both seek a declaratory judgment as to the validity of three appointments by the board of education of the city of Bridgeport to the positions of principals of elementary schools. All of the appointees previously occupied positions in the city school system, one as a teacher in and head of the department of mathematics in a senior high school, another as supervisor of art in the city schools, and the third as coordinating counsellor of the city normal school, which is municipally operated. The trial court found as to each that while her position was in the…