Legal Opinion
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided July 2, 1973No. H-161Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Gus L. Lamer Opinion No. H- 161 County Attorney Walker County IL?: May a Justice of the P. 0. Box 425 Peace receive salary Huntsville, Texas 77340 for a period during which he was holding over awaiting appoint- Dear Mr. Lamer: ment of his successor? Your request for an opinion asks whether the county commissioners court may legally pay a justice of the peace his salary for the period he was holding over awaiting appointment of his successor. You provide the facts in your request as follows: An individual elected justice of the peace for a four year term in November ,197Owas duly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pruitt v. Glen Rose Independent School District Number OneTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- Plains Common Consol. School Dist. No. 1 v. HayhurstCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Lowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Keen v. FeatherstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1902
- Jones v. City of UvaldeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935