MORRISON v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 42521.

85 So.2d 51 (1955)

229 La. 116

Jasper N. MORRISON v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Victor A. Sachse, Baton Rouge, for appellants.

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., Louis S. Quinn, D. Ross Bannister, Baton Rouge, for appellee, Department of Highways.

R. B. Walden, Baton Rouge, for Department of State Civil Service, amicus curiae.


MOISE, Justice.

Appellant, Jasper N. Morrison, an employee of the Highway Department, State of Louisiana, with a permanent Civil Service status, who by choice was not a member of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, was removed from his position for no cause other than that he had reached the age of seventy years.

Appellant bases his appeal to this Court on the following errors of law:

(a) Age, alone, does not, in fact, constitute a disability...

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