The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-06-22
CITY LOSES CASE
AGAINST JORDAN
IN UPPER COURT
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and the reversal Of the lower court BIZ
the court above sets aside the action
Of the city council as illegal and not
in conformity with the city's ordin-
ances and automatically reinstates
Jordan as superintendent Of the Iigh.
plant, the judgment and decree of the
high court setting forth that Jordan
had a franchise Tor contract) with
the city which did not expire unit.
some time in May, 1922. Under this
contract he is vested with full power
to employ and discharge men at the
light plant.
The effect of the judgment of the
supreme court is that Jordan will have
to be paid his entire back salary
+ from the day he reliniquished the po-
sition of superintendent, some four
months ago. His monthly stipend,
fixed in the contract is $275. In add.
ton to meeting this salary bill the
city will also have to pay all costs
Of court as well as the professional
fees Of the two attorneys employed
in the case. The total cost of the
case will amount up, it is said, to
somewhere in the neighborhood Of
two thousand dollars, including the
salary of Jordan.
Future action of the council in the
affair is problamatical, though II
was rumored in various quarters thai
some attempt would be made to bring
the matter to issue again when thu
board of aldermen meets in regular
session the first Tuesday in July. TIKI
4 decree of the supreme court become.
final after ten days have elapsed, an.
the city may apply for a rehearing.
/ Decree of the supreme court in tn
Jordan case:
United States of America,
State Of Louisiana
Supreme Court of the State Of
; Louisiana
New Orleans, June Is. 1921. Tn
court was duly opened, pursuant t
I adjournment. Present-their Honors
Frank A. Monroe, chief justice
4 Olivier o. Provosty, Walter B. Son
merville, Chas. A. o'Niell, Ben,
g Dawkins, associate justice.
!, State ex rel. E. L. Loeb, Mayor,
versus
= George G. Jordan.
(. Appeal from the Sixteenth Judici;
d District Court, Parish of St. La
It dry, B. H. Pavy. Judge
Defendants appeals from iudgmel
Z declaring him dismissed and di
d charged from the position Of superi
Il tendent of the electric light and wa
erworks plant of the city of Opelo
If sas, and enjoining him to absta
1 from interference with the manag
ment or control Of the plant.
q The judgment was rendered on Il
K pleadings and annexed document
II The facts of the case are thereto
not disputed. Defendant, being one
g two applicants for the position of su
b erintendent of the electric light al
IS waterworks plant, was elected by 70
Of the board Of aldermen on the z
ID of December, 1920, for term expiril
st on the 10th of May. 1922, at the sala
81 of SITS per month. He was Civ
authority to employ and discharge I
IS employees in that department
te February, 1921, defendant took
Tense at what he deemed an interf,
ID ence by the mayor with the manaa
II ment of the electric light and waite
n works department, and struck Il
O. mayor on the leg with a whip. A sp
j cial meeting of the board of aide
: men was Immediately called, for Il
purpose of acting in the matter of til
dismissal and discharge of the supe
intendsnt, and to take any and a
action in reference thereto that tn
board might deem necessary, and 70
the further purpose Of suspendin
any existing rule of order with refer
ence to the dismissal Of employees,
same should be deemed necessary
The mayor presided at the meeting
and four Of the five members consti
tuting the board of aldermen were
present. The absentee was not il
the city and was not served with tbs
notice. which was left at his residence
about three hours before the meeting
The city attorney attended the meet
ing and advised that the board could
not legally at that meeting, adopt ar
ordinance to repeal an existing ordi
nance, because the purpose Of doing
so had not been stated in the call for
the meeting. One of the aldermen
then offered a resolution to suspend
'tha rule with reference to the dis
missal of employees of the city" The
so-called rule, which the resolution
was intended to suspend, was in real
ity an ordinance prescribing the meth
| cd by which alone employees nigh