Heintz v. City of Gretna ex rel. Mayor of Alterman

liDUFRESNE, Judge.

Charles Heintz, plaintiff-appellant, brings this appeal from a judgment dismissing his mandamus action against the City of Gretna in which he sought to compel the city to establish a municipal fire and police civil service. The trial judge determined that the two volunteer fire companies serving the city were independent contractors, and therefore that no civil service system needed to be *927instituted. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment.

The underlying facts concerning the plaintiff are not disputed. After 17 years on the Gretna police force, he was terminated.…