City of Tucson v. Simpson

PHELPS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Jay M. Simpson against the City of Tucson, a municipal corporation, in the sum of $1712.70. The parties will be hereinafter designated as plaintiff and defendant in the order they appeared in the trial court.

The facts are that on April 1, 1952, plaintiff was employed in the Assessment Office of the City of Tucson as a clerk, later classified by civil service as Clerk II. The salary paid was $253.40 per month which plaintiff claims under the civil service rating was $286.40. In September of that year plaintiff wrote a…