Kilpatrick v. Ouachita Parish School Board

GLADNEY, Justice.

This suit was brought by Arvel R. Kil-patrick against the Ouachita Parish School Board and William W. Ward, its Superintendent of Schools, to be reinstated to his position as a school bus operator and recover accrued salary. Following trial there was judgment directing plaintiff to be returned to his job and receive salary from September 6, 1955, throughout the 1955— 1956 school year. The defendant School Board has appealed. Presented herein for our determination is the single issue as to whether plaintiff was dismissed without valid reasons contrary to LSA-R.S. 17:492.

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