City of Amarillo v. York

FOLLEY, Justice.

This suit was filed by the appellees, Bryan York and twelve other members of the Amarillo fire department, against the appellant, City of Amarillo, seeking recovery upon a quantum meruit for alleged overtime work performed by them as firemen during the period from January 16, 1940, to January 5, 1942. In addition to the claims of these appellees, thirty-five other firemen made assignments of their respective claims to three of the appellees and the latter sued for their own individual claims and also for those assigned to them. The suit is based on the alleged violation of…