Tennessee State Board of Education v. Cobb

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this suit the plaintiff alleged that he had achieved tenure while employed by the State Board of Education as Assistant Superintendent of the Tennessee School for the Blind in Davidson County. He also contended that he had been improperly discharged, relying principally upon alleged violations of regulations issued by the State Board and of the teachers’ tenure statutes, T.C.A. §§ 49-1401 et seq. Suit was instituted by the filing of a petition in the Chancery Court with service of a copy thereof upon the members of the Board.

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