Tripp v. Martin

210 Ga. 284 (1954)

79 S.E.2d 521

TRIPP, County School Superintendent,

v.

MARTIN et al.

18365.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued October 13, 1953.

Decided January 12, 1954.

Bloch, Hall, Groover & Hawkins, for plaintiff in error.

A. R. Ross, D. D. Smith, contra.

HEAD, Justice.

The pleadings in this case present but one question for determination in this court. How are the teachers in the public schools of a county to be selected and employed?

The plaintiffs contend that the power to select and employ teachers in the public schools is vested solely in the county board of education. They rely on article 8,…