City of East Chicago v. Seuberli

This action was brought by the appellee to recover a salary alleged to be due him for the year 1934 for his services as a member of the Board of Public Safety of the City of East Chicago, Indiana, appellant herein.

The complaint was in three paragraphs, to each of which a demurrer was addressed. The court overruled this demurrer and this ruling constitutes the first error assigned on appeal. To this complaint answers in five paragraphs were filed. Replies in general denial to each affirmative paragraph of answer closed the issues and the case was submitted to a jury for trial. The jury…