State ex rel. Underwood v. Adams

OPINION

McCANLÉSS, Justice.

Thomas R. Underwood, Supervisor of Elementary Education in the Knoxville School System, brought a mandamus suit against the Superintendent of Schools and the members of the Board of Education of Knoxville. The Chancellor granted him relief and on appeal the Court of Appeals reversed the Chancellor’s decree and dismissed the suit. We granted certiorari and heard arguments at the recent term in Knoxville.

After considering the arguments of counsel, and the record, we are of opinion that the Court of Appeals, in their opinion prepared by Judge Clifford E. Sanders,…