Baylis v. City of Tulsa

SUMMERS, Justice.

The lone controlling question is whether plaintiff/appellee police officers and firefighters who seek judgment against the City of Tulsa (city) for money due under a contract clause requiring the city to give reclassified employees a five percent pay raise must comply with the provisions of 62 O.S.1981 §§ 362 and 363 in order for the judgment to be valid. We hold that they must. Because plaintiffs presented no evidence at trial to satisfy these provisions, the judgment of the trial court is void for want of jurisdiction.

*687All of the plaintiffs hold supervisory or managerial…