Ritzie Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

From September 21, 1937, to December 23, 1946, Louis Bitzie, the present appellant, was under contract with the School District of the Borough of Dupont as a professional employee. At the end of that period, his annual salary was $1,750. In December of 1946 the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, acting upon an opinion by the Department of Justice, ruled that Miss Dugan, the Supervisory Prin cipal of the Dupont Borough Schools, was not qualified for her particular position which carried a salary of $3,250. Belying upon the ruling of the Superintendent of…