Flournoy v. City of Shreveport

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff was employed by the city of Shreveport, through its mayor, as supervisor of a squad of WPA laborers engaged in removing trees, timber, etc., from the shores of Cross Lake, the source of the city’s water supply. He was discharged on December 14, 1935, and then paid one-half month’s salary, all that the city admits was then due him. He instituted this suit to recover salary for the last half of December, taking the position that he was employed by the month, and coupled therewith demand for full salary until the amount claimed to be due him is paid, invoking the…