Abbott v. Spencer

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The respondent, a circuit and chancery judge for the Thirteenth Judicial District, which is comprised of Dallas, Calhoun, and Cleveland Counties, issued an order setting the salaries of the judicial district’s probation officer and intake officer at $18,000.00 per year. Petitioners, the members of the Dallas County Quorum Court, voted to pay Dallas County’s share of the salary, but at the rate of only $ 15,000.00 per year. Respondent then ordered petitioners to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for not complying with his order. Petitioners moved this…