Marcum, Mayor v. Boggs

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

The mayor and commissioners -of the city of Corbin have appealed from a judgment requiring the restoration of Boggs et al. to their seniority rights as policemen and holding the employment of certain 'men as detectives to be invalid. Corbin is a city -of the third class, is under the commission form of government, and previous to January 16, 1934, it had a police force of six men, 'as provided by Ordinance No. • 1259, which ordinance was repealed on that date and the number ■of policemen reduced to four. Gr. W. Boggs et al., who had been…