Hodges v. Board of Education of Geneva County

STAKELY, Justice.

The Board of Education of Geneva County made a contract with Lloyd Pelham to furnish a suitable truck and appointing him to drive it for the purpose of transporting school children to and from school. The contract reserved the right in the Board to annul the contract and dismiss the driver for incompetency, for improper or immoral conduct, for inattention to duty, or whenever in the opinion of the Board the best interests of the County may require.

Prior to the contract with Lloyd Pelham, J. T. Griffin had had the job as bus driver and was an applicant for the job again when…