Cook v. County of St. Francois

Appellant filed a claim in the county court of St. Francois County for salary alleged to be due her as health nurse of that county. The claim was rejected by the county court, and by the circuit court on appeal. Appellant then appealed to- the St. Louis Court of Appeals, which court, on respondent’s motion, transferred the case to this court because a county is a party. We have jurisdiction. [Mo. Const., Sec. 12, of Art. VI, and Sec. 5 of the Amendment of 1884.]

As originally filed the claim was for salary from April 1, 1939, to March 1, 1940, but in this court appellant claims salary only…