Carlile v. Peevy

TIREY, Justice.

Mrs. L. E. Peevy, joined pro forma by her husband, brought this suit for mandamus to compel appellant, Miss Shelma Car-lile, County Superintendent of Public Schools for Freestone County, Texas, to approve a contract of employment made by a majority of the trustees of Pyburn Common School District No. 30 in Freestone County with appellee as an' elementary teacher for a term of seven consecutive months for the school term of. 1939-40. The cause was tried before the court without the intervention of a jury and the court ordered the writ of mandamus to issue, requiring the…