Smiddy v. City of Memphis
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chan'cery Court of Shelby County. — Hon. F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lansden
This suit was brought by complainant to recover from the city of Memphis a balance alleged to be due as salary as a member of the fire department. The suit is intended as a test case; and, while the amount claimed by complainant is small, the total amount due, or alleged to be due, those within complainant’s class is $7,500.
*100Prior to the passage of the act hereafter mentioned, complainant was receiving a salary of $100 per month as a member of the-fire department of the city of Memphis. By an act of the legislature passed April 3 and approved April 6, 1917, the city of Memphis was…
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