Avant v. Ouachita Parish School Board

HAMITER, Justice.

The principal question represented by this litigation for determination is whether Mack Avant, the plaintiff, or G. S. Manning, one of the defendants, has been legally elected superintendent of parish schools of the Parish of Ouachita for the unexpired term of George W. Welch, resigned.

On the trial of a rule nisi, after overruling numerous exceptions, the district court resolved the question in favor of the plaintiff, and, accordingly, rendered a judgment enjoining the Ouachita Parish School Board (sometimes referred to herein as parish school board), another defendant, from…