Tobin v. Louisiana State Board of Education

ELLIS, Judge:

This is a suit for damages arising out of an alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff is Sidney Tobin. Defendants are the Louisiana State Board of Education and Southern University of Louisiana. After trial on the merits, judgment was rendered dismissing the suit, and plaintiff has appealed.

In March, 1969, plaintiff was employed teaching history at Southern University in Baton Rouge. Plaintiff held the degree of Master of Arts, and was in his sixth year as a teacher at Southern, where he held the rank of Assistant Professor. In a conference with Dr. Henry C. Cobb, Chairman of the…