Anderson v. City of Rockford

This is an action by appellants to recover certain fees claimed to be due them as members of the city police force, such fees resulting from arrests made by appellants. It is claimed by appellants that they performed certain duties incident to the office of constable in connection with cases before the police magistrate in said city, and were entitled to receive the statutory fees for such services as provided in cases of constables.

Appellee city, by ordinance passed in July 1938, provided that all fees that might accrue, or to which a member of the police department might become entitled as…