Knox County v. State Ex Rel. Nighbert

This is a mandamus suit. The relator, Pauline Bartlett Nighbert, filed her petition in- the circuit court of Knox County seeking to compel the Knox County Board of Education and Knox County to restore her to her position as teacher'in the public schools of the county, from which position she avers she was illegally discharged because of her marriage and in violation of her rights under Chapter 18, Private Acts 1937, Third Extra Session, known as the “Teachers Tenure Act,” and in violation of section 2325(10) of the Code of Tennessee. Defendants made answer to tlie petition attacking’ the…