Ruger v. Knight

These parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court. They are hereinafter referred to as plaintiff and the board, respectively. One Threlkeld was superintendent of said school district and one Palmer assistant superintendent in charge of the elementary schools. They are hereinafter referred to by name.

Plaintiff, after having been a teacher in said district for over eighteen years, was discharged. She brought mandamus to compel reinstatement and demanded damages in the sum of $1,000. The answer to the amended alternative writ set up three defenses the first of which was a general…