GERVAIS v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT

No. 41509.

77 So.2d 393 (1954)

226 La. 782

Pershing O. GERVAIS v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew S. Braniff, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry B. Curtis, City Atty., Beuker F. Amann, Asst. City Atty., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant, formerly a detective of the New Orleans Police Department, seeks a reversal of a ruling of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans, which upheld his removal from office on May 29, 1953, by the Superintendent of Police. The dismissal was founded on four causes, stated in writing by the Superintendent in conformity with law: (1) that appellant had become engaged in the business of selling jewelry, an allegedly unauthorized...

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