STATE v. YOAKUM


297 S.W.2d 635 (1956)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. et al. v. Glenn YOAKUM et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.R. Kramer, Gaines A. Tyler, Jr., Kramer, Dye, McNabb & Greenwood, Knoxville, for appellants.

J.R. Ketron, A.G. Shumate, G. Howard Nevils, Tazewell, for appellees.

Harry Phillips, Nashville, for Tennessee Education Association, amicus curiae.


BURNETT, Justice.

This suit asks for a judicial construction, under the Declaratory Judgment Act, of Section 49-1411, T.C.A., which reads as follows:

"Transfers within system. — The superintendent, with the approval of the board, when necessary to the efficient operation of the school system, may transfer a `teacher' from one location to another within the school system, or from one type of work to another for which he is qualified and certificated...

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