Douglass v. Board of County Com'rs

O’NEAL, Justice.

The parties here appear in the same position as in the trial court and will be referred to as plaintiff and the Board.

*721The pivotal question for our decision is whether the defendant, the Board of County Commissioners of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, had the power and authority to reduce the -monthly salary of plaintiff as fixed under a contract of employment with the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of said County.

Subsidiary questions are: (a) In the fixing of salaries for teachers in dependent separate schools, is the County Superintendent limited to the minimum…