City of Lexington v. Thompson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 69 — Action by Ed. Thompson against the City of Lexington fob Services as a Fireman. APPEAL FROM. FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. ' Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. On March 15, 1900, appellee, Ed. Thompson was in the employ of the city of Lexington, as an ordinary fireman, at a salary bf fifty dollars per month, which salary had been previously fixed by ordinance.
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Case 69 — Action by Ed. Thompson against the City of Lexington fob Services as a Fireman. APPEAL FROM. FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. ' Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. On March 15, 1900, appellee, Ed. Thompson was in the employ of the city of Lexington, as an ordinary fireman, at a salary bf fifty dollars per month, which salary had been previously fixed by ordinance. On March 15, 1900, the Legislature of Kentucky passed an act entitled “an Act to amend an" act entitled an act for the government of cities of the second class, approved March 19, 1894.” Section 4, of this act reads as…
1Opinion of the Court
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JUDGE DURELLiE
Reversing.
Ry the fourth section of an act amending the act for the government of cities of the second class, approved March 15, 100 (Acts 1900, p. 15), it was provided: “The said fire department shall consist of one chief, whoso salary shall not be less than one hundred and fifty dollars per month; the engineer’s salary shall be eighty dollars per month; the electrician’s salary shall be seventy dollars per month, and the ordinary fireman’s salary shall be sixty-five dollars per month.” The appellee, Thompson, brought suit against, the appellant,- ilie…
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