Town of Avon v. Geary

The plaintiff, the Town of Avon, filed a two-count amended complaint in the circuit court of Lake County against the defendant, Norman G. Geary. Count I sought reimbursement from the defendant for money he received while a township supervisor which allegedly constituted an unconstitutional increase in his salary. Count II sought a declaratory judgment as to the asserted claim of the defendant to such a salary increase, as to whether the payments made to the defendant were lawful and as to whether such payments were recoverable from the defendant. The trial court denied the defendant’s motion…