Barcena v. City of New Orleans

McCALEB, Justice.

The widow and heirs of Henry Dominic Barcena are suing the City of New Orleans to recover salary allegedly due the decedent as an employee in the City Civil Service System from May 16, 1946 until April 24, 1947, the date of his death. The claim *656is grounded upon the unlawful dismissal of Barcena from his employment as Clerk of the Recorder’s Court on May 17, 1946 and his subsequent reinstatement with pay for time lost, by order of the City Civil Service Commission on July 1, 1946. Plaintiffs contend that they are entitled to recover his salary from May 16, 1946 to July 12,…