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OVERTON CTY. v. STATE EX REL. HALE

588 S.W.2d 282 (1979)

OVERTON COUNTY, Tennessee, et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Tennessee ex rel. E.C. HALE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred D. Thompson, Thompson, Crawford & Rodgers, Nashville, for appellants.

J.H. Reneau, III, Reneau & Reneau, Celina, John R. Officer, Livingston, for appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Nine county officials of Overton County brought suit to collect the annual salary adjustments provided by the Legislature tied to the consumer price index as published by the United States Department of Labor, Overton County having paid plaintiffs only the maximum base salaries in effect on September 1, 1974.

The learned Chancellor held that the payment of the annual salary adjustments was mandated by the Legislature in enacting...

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