Stuermer v. City of Chattanooga

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action plaintiff policemen sought retroactive promotions under the Chattanooga City Code on the basis that during the time they were patrol officers they were assigned to perform the duties of a higher ranking officer and were entitled, under the ordinance, to promotions.

The trial judge found plaintiffs had been performing the duties of higher ranked officers and held plaintiffs’ performance of those duties entitled them to retroactive promotions going back to six months after their transfer to the Detective Division.

The City appeals, challenging the finding of…