Mousseau v. Garey

—Respondent is the duly elected and qualified county clerk of the county of Imperial, having been elected to that position at the general election held in November, 1922. He qualified as such officer and entered upon the discharge of his duties on the first Monday in January, 1923, and has ever since continued to fill said office and to discharge the duties thereof. On the fifteenth day of January, 1923, the board of supervisors of said county appointed or employed him to act as county purchasing agent and fixed his compensation for the services to be performed under said appointment at the…