Springfield Command Officers Ass'n v. City Commission

Fain, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, John Davey and Nelson Smith (“the officers”), appeal from an adverse judgment rendered after a bench trial upon their complaint for a declaratory judgment, promotion, and back pay. The officers contend that the trial court erred in holding, as a matter of law, that the vacant positions to which they sought to be promoted could be abolished before being filled. They also contend that the trial court erred in not finding that defendant-appellee, the city of Springfield, acted in bad faith in abolishing the positions to which they sought to be promoted, and…