SNODGRASS v. TULAROSA BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 7459.

391 P.2d 323 (1964)

74 N.M. 93

Vernon J. SNODGRASS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The TULAROSA BOARD OF EDUCATION and Esau Castillo, Leo Ortiz, Dennis Walker, Paul Brusuelas, and Mrs. John Russell, constituting the Members of said Board, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Chase, Jr., Alamogordo, for appellant.

Shipley, Seller & Whorton, Alamogordo, for appellees.


MOISE, Justice.

Appellant, a teacher with tenure rights in the Tularosa schools, was not given notice of reemployment or dismissal at the end of the 1961-62 school year as required by § 73-12-13, N.M.S.A. 1953. Instead, he was given a letter advising him that since he would reach the age of 60 years on August 7, 1962, before the beginning of the 1962-63 school year, he was being retired by the appellee board.

Omitting the unsuccessful steps taken by appellant...

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