Johnson v. City of Aberdeen

A retired municipal employee sought termination pay for the number of days of unused sick leave he had accrued at the time of his retirement. From a judgment in favor of the former employee, the municipality has appealed to this court, contending that the local ordinance which authorized termination pay for accrued sick leave had been repealed prior to the employees retirement and, additionally, that it would be unconstitutional to apply the ordinance to periods of employment prior to its adoption.