McKinley v. City of Chicago

Plaintiffs McKinley and Heller were associate judges of the municipal court of Chicago. They sued to recover portions of their salaries alleged to be unpaid. The complaint in each case contained three counts. The first claimed for the salary of the office during the period of time when it was, in fact, occupied by another. The second count claimed on account of unexpended appropriations for the judges of the municipal court, specifically mentioning vacancies due to deaths and resignations, which resulted in such unexpended appropriations. The third count was similar to the second with the…