Board of Education of Wolfe County v. Rose

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Fulton

Reversing.

The facts disclosed by this litigation furnish a shining example of one manner in which the affairs of a County Board of Education should not be conducted.

For many years Bruce Rose, the father of appellee, Frank Rose, was superintendent of schools of Wolfe County. In the year 1938 he had been elected superintendent for a four-year term expiring June 30, 1942, but, owing to anticipated opposition of a newly elected county board, he resigned on December 7, 1938, and his son, Frank Rose, was elected to succeed him.

After the election of members of the…