Whitwell v. United States ex rel. Selden

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This appeal is by the board of education of the District of Columbia from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District awarding appellee, plaintiff below, a writ of mandamus to compel the board to restore her to the position of matron of Armstrong High School, one of the public schools in the District of Columbia. It appears that plaintiff had served in this position from July 1,1917, until January 15,1930. On the advice of her superintendent she applied to the board for a sick leave of absence without pay for a period of one year, to begin-on January 16,…