Daviess County Board of Education v. Johnson

Opinion op the Court by William:

Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Mattie J. J ohnson, a young colored woman possessing • the requisite qualifications, applied for the position of teacher in sub-district E, Educational Division No. 5 of Daviess County. Her application was approved and she was recommended by J. E. Wood, trustee in sub-district 9, which includes a portion of the colored sub-district. On the first Saturday in June, 1916, all the sub-district trustees constituting the division board No. 5, met in that district for the purpose of electing eleven-teachers for the *36next school year.…