Bowling v. Combs

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

The board of education of Clay county, the county school superintendent, and Bowling a teacher, appeal from a judgment of the Clay circuit court adjudging that Mullins was legally entitled to teach in the common school of district No. 37, known as Lower Spring Creek district, for the 1935-36 school year, rather than Bowling, who received the appointment under circumstances hereinafter related.

Prior to February 1, 1935, three trustees of the district indorsed Mullins. On February 1, 1935, Marion Combs, the last elected trustee for the…