Stephens v. Clark

Prior to the adoption of article XXIV of the Constitution, which became effective December 20, 1934, the petitioner was a state employee not under civil service. He brought this proceeding to recover the difference between the salary received by him before that date and the lower amount later specified for his position in the classified civil service. The case is here upon an appeal from a judgment requiring the defendant state officers to fix the petitioner’s salary at the higher amount and to pay him the sum which would be due him on that basis.

In 1934, the petitioner was .an investigator…