Anderson v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Officers. Judges. County matters. Salaries. Before Judge Kibbee. Pulaski county. At chambers, September 3, 1888. L. C. Ryan was regularly appointed and commissioned as county judge of Pulaski county for the term of four years from April 30, 1884, at a salary of $500 per annum. The grand juries of the county, at the spring terms of the years 1884-5-6-7, recommended that the county judge be paid a salary of $500, and it was fixed at that amount.
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Officers. Judges. County matters. Salaries. Before Judge Kibbee. Pulaski county. At chambers, September 3, 1888. L. C. Ryan was regularly appointed and commissioned as county judge of Pulaski county for the term of four years from April 30, 1884, at a salary of $500 per annum. The grand juries of the county, at the spring terms of the years 1884-5-6-7, recommended that the county judge be paid a salary of $500, and it was fixed at that amount. Prior to the expiration of his first term of office, he was reappointed for another term of the same length, his commission being dated June 21, 1888,…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Under the foregoing facts, we think the court erred in making the mandamus absolute. The law as to county courts in the several counties of this State, as embodied in sections 279 et seq. of the code, fixed the term of office of the judges thereof at four years. The original act provided that their salaries should be fixed by the grand juries at the spring term of each superior court. The act of 1878-9, p. ,51, amended the original act and provided that the salary, when once fixed, shall not be increased or diminished during t-he term of the county judge. This amending act…
2Cited by1 opinion
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