Brown v. Teachers' Retirement Board

Petitioner was appointed a public school teacher in the city of New York, December 18, 1911, and served as such until September 9, 1918. Thereafter, the State of Connecticut, pursuant to the United States government war program, requested that petitioner be released on leave to conduct Americanization work in the State of Connecticut, The board of education granted petitioner leave until March 28, 1919. The work was not completed at that time and petitioner resigned April 1, 1919, to complete it. On November 1, 1921, after the work had been completed, petitioner was reinstated as a teacher.…