JOHNS v. JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

No. 861.

154 So.2d 581 (1963)

Hampton C. JOHNS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards & Edwards, by Edwin W. Edwards, Crowley, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bernard N. Marcantel, Jennings, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff Johns was a tenured high school principal. After notice and a formal hearing, LSA-R.S. 17:443, the defendant school board dismissed the plaintiff from the school system on the grounds of incompetency and neglect of duty.

This is a suit for judicial review of his dismissal. The trial court rejected the plaintiff's demand for reinstatement, finding that the school board had not abused its discretion and had discharged the plaintiff...

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