Eelkema v. Board of Education

Loring, Justice.

This case comes here on a writ of prohibition which the relator seeks to have made absolute. The question presented is whether-relator has acquired tenure under the teachers tenure law. Minn. St. 1941, §§ 130.22 to 130.32 (Mason St. 1927, §§ 2935-1 to 2935-13). He was superintendent of schools of the independent school district of Duluth from August 1, 1936, until July 31, 1943, under two successive three-year contracts and a one-year contract. The school board of the district refuses to reneiv his contract or to continue his employment. He contends that the tenure law applies…