SMITH v. TOWN OF COTTON VALLEY

No. 22568-CA.

584 So.2d 1199 (1991)

Claude W. SMITH, Chief of Police, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF COTTON VALLEY, Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied November 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford & Lilly by Roy M. Lilly, Jr., Minden, for plaintiff-appellant.

Foster & Foster by Mark O. Foster, Minden, for defendant-appellee.

Before NORRIS, LINDSAY and HIGHTOWER, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

Claude W. Smith, the police chief of Cotton Valley, Louisiana, sought a declaratory judgment contending that the action of the Cotton Valley Board of Aldermen in reducing his salary from $850 per month to $650 per month was invalid. The plaintiff now appeals from a trial court judgment approving the reduction of his salary. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

The salary of the police chief of Cotton Valley was fixed by Ordinance...

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