Andrews v. Claiborne Parish School Board

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff was employed by the School Board of Claiborne Parish to teach in the Plomer Grammar School therein for the 1936-7 term of nine months at a salary of $74 per month. When the contract of employment was executed she was single. She married on December 30, 1936. On January 1, following, the Parish Superintendent wrote her a letter of dismissal, of which the following is a copy:

“Dear Mrs. Andrews:

“It is the established policy of the Claiborne Parish School Board that a lady teacher’s contract be terminated when she marries. I take this means, as secretary of the Board,…