Tierney v. Pendleton

COMBS, Justice.

The appellees, employees of the Jefferson County Police Department, filed this, suit on behalf of themselves and other employees of the Police Department similarly situated to test the validity of an order-of the Jefferson County Fiscal' Court which, increases their salaries. The Treasurer of Jefferson County was the defendant in the-lower court and is the appellant here. The ■ trial court held the order increasing ap--pellees’ compensation to be valid.

Appellees were appointed for one-year-terms between January 1 and July 1, 1952., KRS 70.540.

The Legislature, at. its 1952…