State Ex Rel. Ledbetter v. Duncan

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court’s issuance of a writ of mandamus compelling the defendants to adopt an amended budget funding salary increases for the deputies sheriff of Morgan County and an additional deputy position, as previously set by the Criminal Court pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A., § 8-20-101, 102. The issues raised are (1) whether T.C.A., § 8-24-103(b), renders it mandatory upon a county legislative body to appropriate sufficient money to pay the salaries of deputies as fixed by the county criminal court pursuant to a petition by the sheriff of…