WISE v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE


250 S.W.2d 29 (1952)

WISE v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray H. Jenkins and Clyde W. Key, Knoxville, for plaintiff.

Clarence Blackburn and Max Morrison, Knoxville, for defendant.


PREWITT, Justice.

The plaintiff Wise sued the defendant City of Knoxville for back salary in the amount of $11,045.32. The Circuit Judge allowed a recovery for this amount less $7,061.59, the amount the plaintiff earned during his suspension, and the lower court entered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $3,987.73. The plaintiff alone has appealed.

The plaintiff was a policeman in the City of Knoxville. In March, 1948 he was suspended and...

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