McConnell v. Walsh

The appellant, McConnell, was appointed as a salaried probation officer by the county commissioners’ court of Wichita county, at a time when there was one other salaried probation officer, duly appointed and acting in said county. The ap-pellee, Walsh, contending that the appointment of appellant was not authorized by statute, refused to perform the ministerial duty of auditing and signing a voucher for the appellant’s compensation. Wichita county has a population of less than 75,000 and more than 35,000, and contains a city with a population of more than 29,000, as shown by the last federal…