City of Tulsa v. Johnson

This action was instituted in the district court of Tulsa county by Emery Johnson seeking to recover from the city of Tulsa, in his first cause of action, the sum of $4,950, representing the salary claimed to be due him at $150 per month from May 7, 1938 (the date of his discharge) to the commencement of this action on February 13, 1941, alleging his wrongful and illegal discharge on the above date from the position of “dog catcher,” which he asserted was a component part of the police department of the city of Tulsa, and that his discharge was wrongful and illegal by reason of the fact that…