Williams v. Board of Education of Lamar County

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Lamar County denying appellant’s petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus to be directed to the County Board of Education, the members of said Board, and the County Superintendent of Education, to reinstate appellant as a teacher in the public schools of the County. Involved in the case are the rights of a teacher who has attained “continuing service status” under the Teachers’ Tenure Law, Code 1940, Tit. 52, § 351 et seq., as amended by Act No. 773, appvd. Sept. 16, 1953, Gen.Acts 1953, p. 1040.

This proceeding is…