Anderson v. City of Bridgeport

The plaintiff brought this action, in which 174 others joined to assert similar rights, to recover certain amounts of salary which he claimed to be due to him as a police officer under the charter and ordinances of the defendant city but which were not paid when due. The period during which the salary was withheld was from April 1, 1932, to March 31, 1938. The complaint is dated April 11, 1944. The defendant filed an answer containing several defenses, of which the first was that the plaintiff’s right of action did not accrue within six years next before the commencement of the action, a plea…