City of Pikeville v. Lee

PALMORE, Judge.

Pikeville is a city of the fourth class operating under the city manager form of government. It appeals from a judgment directing it to reinstate Bert Lee as a member of its police force for the remainder of what the trial court regarded as a two-year term of office. Lee cross-appeals from so much of the judgment as denies him recovery, on the ground that he found employment elsewhere and earned more than he would have received as a policeman, of the salary lost during the period of his involuntary lay-off. We are sustaining the position of the city in both appeals because we…