Harby
Harby v. Board of Education
Opinion
lead Opinion
Hall, J.
Plaintiff petitioned for a writ of mandate to compel the defendant to admit plaintiff to the use and enjoyment of the position and employment as vice-principal of the Fairmont Intermediate Grammar School of the city and county of San Francisco. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and judgment thereupon entered in favor of defendants. The appeal is by plaintiff from said judgment.
It is alleged in the complaint that plaintiff was regularly elected by the board of education of the city and county of San Francisco to the position of vice-principal of the Fairmont Intermediate Grammar School on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1898. On the fourth day of January, 1899, the said board adopted another resolution removing her from said position, and when on the eighth day of January, 1899, she appeared at the school and demanded the right to enter upon the duties of such position, the right was refused her by the defendants, and she has never been allowed to enter into said position or to enjoy the emoluments thereof. It also appears that before and ever since the dates mentioned she has held a position as teacher in a grammar grade in another school of said city and county.…