Martin v. Knott County Board of Education

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

This action was brought by the appellant, Estill Martin, against the Knott County Board of Education to recover damages which he alleged he sustained as a result of the board’s failure to employ him as a teacher in one of the sub-districts of Knott county after he had been nominated by the trustees of the sub-district.

Chapter 79 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932 provided for the election of three sub-district trustees in county rural districts, the first election under the act to be held on the first Saturday in July, 1932. The act further…