Athens City Bd. of Educ. v. Reeves

This is an appeal by the Athens City Board of Education and its members: Paul V. Ridgeway, Jimmy E. Alexander, J. Charles Durham, Nelson E. Howell, T. Sidney Johnston, Larry W. McCoy and Shelby Wilson. The judgment appealed from issued the writof mandamus to the Board, and to each of its members, ordering delivery of an executed contract of employment to Paul Reeves for execution by him. The contract was for employment of Reeves as an R.O.T.C. instructor for the 1979-80 school year.

There are two questions to be answered by this court: (1) Did the trial court err in holding that Reeves was a…