PARISH NATIONAL BANK v. BOGALUSA SCHOOL BOARD

No. 8644.

256 So.2d 763 (1971)

PARISH NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOGALUSA SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Appellee, First State Bank and Trust Company, Intervenor-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1972.

Writ Refused March 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Hughes, of Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, for plaintiff-appellant.

Woodrow W. Erwin, Franklinton, for Bogalusa School Board.

A. J. Jones, Bogalusa, for First State Bank and Trust Co.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

This action presents the question of whether the defendant, Bogalusa School Board, after soliciting sealed bids for a fiscal agent contract from several qualified banks, may select as the depository bank a bank other than the one submitting the lowest bid.

The trial judge ruled that the school board had the discretion to select a higher bidder, although the record did not indicate any reasonable grounds for rejecting the lower bidder, and that...

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