Cole v. Burton

Judge Rees

Reversing.

This is a controversy as to the right of the City of Bowling G-reen to enter into a compromise agreement settling a claim which had been reduced to judgment in the Warren Circuit Court but from which judgment an appeal to this court was pending. We briefly summarize the facts leading up to the compromise:

Previous to October, 1945, the General Council of the City of Bowling Green enacted an ordinance placing all employees of the City under civil service, Subsequently a suit was filed against the Mayor in his official *559capacity and certain members of the Council in their…