Kane v. City of Flint

This appeal calls for construction of certain provisions in the charter and ordinances of the city of Flint. Plaintiffs, who are city firemen and policemen, brought suit against the city for additional compensation to which they claimed they were entitled, denied them by the city. Circuit Judge George B. Hartrick, presiding in Genesee county, heard the case without a jury and entered judgment of no cause for action. The plaintiffs appeal.

The Flint city charter provides for a city commission and vests in it the power to prescribe the compensation of all officers and employees of the city, as…