BAUMGAERTEL v. SALT LAKE COUNTY

No. 14550.

560 P.2d 325 (1977)

S. BAUMGAERTEL and P. Bennion, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SALT LAKE COUNTY, a body corporate and politic of the State of Utah, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Van Dam, Salt Lake County Atty., Ralph D. Crockett, Donald Sawaya, Deputy County Attys., Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Brian M. Barnard, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and respondents.


MAUGHAN, Justice:

On January 14, 1976, the Board of Salt Lake County Commissioners approved and signed the personnel action request forms submitted by the Salt Lake County Clerk. The request included the names of five wives and two daughters-in-law of local justices of the peace, who had previously worked as clerks in the various precinct courts.

Such approval allowed the employment of relatives of justices of the peace, within the degree of first cousin by...

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