DUNCAN v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SPRINGFIELD


331 Mass. 738 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 630

ELEANOR P. DUNCAN vs. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SPRINGFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Kerigan, for the petitioner.

Charles D. Sloan, City Solicitor, for the respondent.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, the allegations of which may be briefly summarized as follows: The petitioner is a school teacher and for many years has been employed at discretion in the public schools of Springfield (G.L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 71, § 41, as amended). The respondents are members of the school committee of that city. On March 16, 1953, the petitioner was notified by the superintendent...

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