In Re the Mandate of Funds in the Harrison Superior Court

MANDATE OF FUNDS

The Harrison Superior Court, Honorable Carlton Sanders, Judge, sought to increase the salaries of five court employees by means of an Ind. Trial Rule 60.5 Order for Mandate of Funds. The Harrison County Council refused to appropriate the funds. Pursuant to T.R. 60.5(B), this Court appointed the Honorable Hugo C. Songer special judge to conduct a trial on the merits of the Order. Judge Songer issued his Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Judgment, which sustained the Order for Mandate of Funds in part and overruled it in part. We affirm.

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