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CITY OF LAWRENCE v. McARDLE

No. 47,326

214 Kan. 862 (1974)

522 P.2d 420

CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, a municipal corporation, Appellee, v. JOHN W. McARDLE and all other signers of that certain petition submitted to the City Commission of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, on June 12, 1973, for acceptance and filing under provision of K.S.A. 12-3013, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Burkhead, of Riling, Riling and Burkhead, of Lawrence, argued the cause, and Eugene C. Riling, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellants.

Milton P. Allen, of Allen and Cooley, of Lawrence, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

The issue in this case is whether the equalization of firemen's salaries with those of policemen is a proper subject of an initiative petition. The trial court held it was not, and the proponents of an equalization ordinance have appealed.

The initiative statute, K.S.A. 12-3013, provides a procedure whereby a city's electors may initiate by petition any proposed...

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