Brown v. Alabama State Tenure Com'n.

Willie Lee Brown, a teacher with continuing service status in the Jefferson County School system appeals from a denial of writ of mandamus to the Alabama State Tenure Commission by the circuit court of Jefferson County. We reverse and direct that the writ of mandamus be issued.

Before discussion of the basic issue of the appeal, we note that the Board of Education argues in its brief that it is entitled to relief requested by it in an action which was consolidated below for trial with the petition for writ of mandamus. Without reference to the merits of that matter, we note that no appeal was…