State ex rel. Maes v. New Orleans Police Board

OPINION

JONES, J.

This is a suit by Joseph Maes, a former policeman of New Orleans, asking the Police Board of New Orleans and the individual members thereof show cause why an injunction should not issue compelling them to reinstate petitioner as a policeman and also for a judgment awarding him the salary he would have been paid if he had not been dismissed.

The material allegations of the petition briefly put are as follows:

1. He was a duly and legally appointed police officer of New Orleans, and made an excellent record on the police force prior to the present trouble.

2. He was charged with…