Brown v. Owen
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. The opinion states the case. A teacher’s good moral character is presumed when he holds a first-grade license. Proof of such character was required before issuance of license.
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From the circuit court of Bolivar county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. The opinion states the case. A teacher’s good moral character is presumed when he holds a first-grade license. Proof of such character was required before issuance of license. Code 1892, § 4021. This is not a suit for damages, but for mandamus; but the court judicially knows that the lowest first-grade salary is S§25-per month, and the constitutional school term is four months, showing a damage of at least <¡¡>100. A plain, adequate, and speedy remedy in the ordinary course-of law does not mean an appeal to the state…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
The petition of. S. S. Brown, filed November 9, 1897, in the circuit court of Bolivar county, states that he is a duly licensed first-grade public school teacher, of the State of Mississippi,’ holding a license of the first grade, good for two years from June, 1896; that the trustees of Rosedale colored public school, in October, 1897, selected petitioner as teacher of said public school, for the scholastic year beginning October 1, 1897, and duly certified such selection to T. S. Owen, superintendent of education of said Bolivar county; that he has applied to said T. S. Owen, superintendent…
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