State Ex Rel. Fox v. Board of Education

The relator, Layne Reiger Fox, has invoked the original jurisdiction of this court to obtain a writ of mandamus to require the respondent, Board of Education of Springfield, to employ her as a guidance counselor.

Relator has been in the Springfield City School System for eleven years, where she has a continuing contract as a teacher.

During the school years 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63, the relator received the regular notices appointing her to the position of teacher at a stipulated salary, and each of these notices contained a further stipulation that she would receive a supplemental salary…