A federal judge in New Orleans has scheduled a hearing for May 3 on a lawsuit filed by the United Houma Nation contesting the sale of a historic school building in Houma.
The tribe filed the lawsuit in February against the Terrebonne Parish School Board. The tribe claims the board sold the Daigleville School for half its appraised value without notifying the tribe.
The board sold the school property to Walter Guidry of Montegut for $115,000, according to the suit.
The school, at 8542 E. Main St. in Houma, was jointly run by the United Houma Nation and the School Board under an agreement signed in May 2015, the lawsuit says.
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