Keefe v. City of Monroe

This is a possessory action, coupled with a demand for damages, brought by the plaintiff against the City of Monroe and the members of the Commission Council. The City and the members of the Council filed exceptions of no cause of action, which were sustained by the Court, and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff alleges in substance that in the spring of 1926, he was employed by the City of Monroe, acting through its Mayor, Arnold Bernstein, its Commissioner of Finance and Utilities, D. A. Breard, and its Commissioner of Streets and Parks, Will Atkinson, to design and superintend the…