Evard v. Board of Education

This is an appeal from a judgment denying plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandate to require defendants to assign plaintiff to a teaching position in the elementary schools of the city of Bakersfield.

Plaintiff had acquired the status of a permanent teacher in the elementary schools of the city of Bakersfield. She was under contract to teach during the school year of 1942-1943. She was married and her husband, a Lieutenant in the United States Army, was stationed at a camp near Mineral Wells, Texas.

Under date of November 23, 1942, she made a request for a leave of absence, effective…