George v. City of Danville

This was an action at law brought by forty-two members of the fire department of the city of Danville, against said city to recover the difference between the amount actually paid them for their services since July 13, 1937, and $175 per month, being the minimum salary provided by an act of the legislature effective July 13, 1937, as applied to the city of Danville.

The record shows that each of these plaintiffs, on July 14, 1937, on May 17, 1938, and on May 1, 1939, addressed petitions to the mayor and city council of Danville, requesting that the city council do not reduce the number of…