Barrett v. City of Falmouth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 22 — Action to Recover Salary as Police Judge APPEAL PROM PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. 1 The salary, having been fixed after the adoption of the Constitution and before the election of the appellant, it could not be changed during his term of office. 2. The city council had the power under the old charter as well as under the new, to compensate the police judge for his services.
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Case 22 — Action to Recover Salary as Police Judge APPEAL PROM PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. 1 The salary, having been fixed after the adoption of the Constitution and before the election of the appellant, it could not be changed during his term of office. 2. The city council had the power under the old charter as well as under the new, to compensate the police judge for his services. Constitution of Ky., sec. 161; Stone, Auditor, v. Pryor, &c., 20 Ky., Rep., 312; City of Paris v. Webb, 17 Ky. (Rep., 1116; City of Louisville v. Wilson, IS Ky. Rep.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
Affirming.
Ait the November election, 1898, appellant was elected police judge of the city of Falmouth for a term beginning September 1, 1894, and ending on the first Monday in January, 1898. On the 21st day of March, 1898, he filed his petition in the Pendleton Circuit Court, alleging that he had served as police judge for the entire terin; that *152at a meeting of the city council on February 17, 189B, the salary of the police judge was fixed at $125 a year; that no order or ordinance was passed revoking or changing the salary of the police judge before Ms…
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