City of Winchester v. Payne

GARDNER, Commissioner.

The circuit court adjudged that Alton S. Payne was entitled to additional salary as police judge of the City of Winchester in the sum of $7,600, which covered a period of 38 months. Payne took office November 1, 1966, and received $3,600 per annum in accordance with an ordinance passed in 1961, which provided that the salary of the police judge was $3,600 per year, and was to continue “from term to term until changed by law.”

Effective June 18, 1964, KRS 26.170 provided that the police judge “shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000) unless the city…