City of Buchanan v. Pope

How courts have described this case

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• city not estopped from relying on provision of city charter even though it had not abided by terms of charter in past
• to the extent, if any, that the provisions of a city’s personnel manual conflicts with the city’s charter, the charter must prevail
• any “understanding” that police chief had a property interest in his employment was contrary to city charter provision that provided for a 12-month term of service
• interpretation of statute is question of law for the court to decide

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).