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ORRELL v. CITY OF HOT SPRINGS

No. 78-293.

578 S.W.2d 18 (1979)

Floyd ORRELL and Thurman Abernathy, Appellants, v. CITY OF HOT SPRINGS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

March 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibbs & Henry by Gary R. Gibbs, Hot Springs, for appellants.

Curtis L. Ridgway, Jr., Hot Springs, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The two appellants were sergeants on the Hot Springs police force when they brought this action for a writ of mandamus to compel the city and its Board of Civil Service Commissioners to promote them to the rank of lieutenant and to award them increased pay from the date they passed a civil service examination and became eligible for promotion. The issue of promotion immediately became moot, because the plaintiffs were promoted to lieutenant...

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