Wenders v. White Mills Independent School District

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Ella Wenders, appellee, filed a petition for1 a writ of alternative mandamus against the White Mills Independent School District and the. individual members of its board of directors, appellants, to compel her reinstatement as a professional employe. After an answer was filed, the case was tried by a judge, without a jury, who entered a final decree awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus and directing reinstatement of appellee in her position as a teacher. A supersedeas was granted by the court below.

The controversy arose out of the determination of the school board in 1950…