Legal Opinion

Butcher v. Charles

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1895PublishedCited by 13 opinions

FROM HAWKINS. Appeal from Chancery Court of Hawkins County. H. G. Kyle, Cli.

1Opinion of the Court

Joshua W. Caldwell, Sp. J.

This is a petition by a school-teacher for mandamus upon school directors, requiring them to direct a County Trustee to draw his' warrant for an amount alleged to be due the teacher as part of his earned salary. The Chancellor granted the preliminary alternative writ, and, upon the hearing, decreed that it be made peremptory. Defendants appeal.

On July 12, 1894, J. W. Bailey and H. E. Dykes, school directors of the eighteenth district of Hawkins County, who appear to have been the only acting directors, employed M. J. Butcher to teach public school No. 3 of * said…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. School City of Elwood v. State Ex Rel. GriffinIndiana Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Shannon Ex Rel. Shannon v. Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  3. McQuaid v. State Ex Rel. SiglerIndiana Supreme Court · 1937
  4. State ex rel. Board of Directors of School District No. 306 v. PrestonWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  5. City of Knoxville v. State Ex Rel. HaywardTennessee Supreme Court · 1939

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