Registrar of Voters v. Morehouse Parish Police Jury

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

A parish Registrar of Voters and her assistant sued the police jury to reinstate insurance coverage allegedly provided as part of plaintiffs’ salaries. From a judgment in favor of the defendant police jury, the plaintiff Registrar of Voters appealed. For the reasons assigned, we reverse as to the appellant.

Sandra Thomas has been employed as the Registrar of Voters for Morehouse Parish since September 1976. The base salary of the parish Registrar of Voters and the contributions of the state and the parish police jury are fixed by statute. La.R.S. 18:55. Police juries…