Longpre v. Joint School District No. 2

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the. Opinion of the Court.

The appellant-plaintiff, Pierre Longpre, brought this action in the district court of the fourth judicial district against Joint School District No. 2, to recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered in a school bus accident which occurred in November 1961. Longpre was a passenger in the school bus which was owned and operated by the respondent-defendant school district. The defendant pleaded governmental immunity, and the district court grante dsummary judgment in its favor.

The issue before this Court is whether the…