Potter v. Township of Union

In December, 1912, the respondent, by resolution, fixed the salary of the collector of taxes for the township of Union at the sum of $750. At the November election, 1915, the appellant was elected collector and by law his term of office began at noon January 1st, 1916, at which time the newly-elected township committee went into office, and it on the same day adopted a resolution fixing the salary of the collector at $600, and when the year had expired the appellant demanded $750, and being refused brought suit to recover it, and the defendant answered setting up the resolution which fixed…