Legal Opinion

Houeye v. St. Helena Parish School Board

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 26, 1948No. 38469PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Justice.

Emmett Erwin Houeye, who was discharged as the principal of the Woodland High School by the St. Helena Parish School Board under resolution adopted on April 10, 1946, instituted mandamus proceedings in the district court of that parish to compel the board to rescind its resolution and reinstate him at the salary of $215 a month from the date of his discharge. The school board is appealing from a judgment of the district court annulling the resolution and ordering the plaintiff reinstated.

In the lower court, before answering, the school board excepted to the procedure being…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Badger v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1897
  2. Succession of JamisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  3. Baker v. DoaneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
  4. State ex. rel. Daboval v. Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
  5. Succession of EstevesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Torrance v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
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  4. RHODES STEEL BLDGS. v. Walker Const. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
  5. State Ex Rel. Fields v. Rapides Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955

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