Massler v. Troy State University

Decision Date04 March 1977
Citation343 So.2d 1
PartiesHenry MASSLER, Jr. v. TROY STATE UNIVERSITY. SC 2020.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Appeal from Circuit Court, Pike County; Riley P. Green, Jr., Judge.

Kenneth R. Cain, Ozark, for appellant.

Champ Lyons, Jr., Mobile, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed on the authority of Ellison v. Abbott et al., Ala., 337 So.2d 756 (1976).

AFFIRMED.

TORBERT, C.J., and BLOODWORTH, ALMON, SHORES, EMBRY and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

JONES, J., dissents.

MADDOX and FAULKNER, JJ., recuse themselves.

JONES, Justice (dissenting):

See my dissent in Ellison v. Abbott et al., supra.

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