State Ex Rel. McMurray v. Orleans Parish School Board

HIGGINS, Justice.

This is an action in which the relatrix seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Orleans Parish School Board to reinstate her as a regular and permanent teacher effective September, 1936, and a judgment against the School Board for back salary at the rate of $165 per month beginning September, 1936.

The respondent filed an exception of no right or cause of action, which was maintained by the lower court, and the relatrix has appealed.

Petitioner alleges that she graduated from the New Orleans Normal School in 1929 and received a professional elementary certificate from the State…