Chesley v. Jones

PHELPS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Pinal County ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus, directed to defendants (members of the school board) in that action, commanding them to execute a new contract of employment with the plaintiff.

Plaintiff, Doris Jones, had been employed by defendants to teach at Carver School, Eloy, Arizona. She was certified as a probationary teacher under the provisions of sections 54-1009 to 54 — 1018, A.C.A. 1939, 1952 Cum.Supp. [A.R.S. §§ 15-251 to 15-260], and had nearly completed her third consecutive year in…