Henderson County v. Wallace

By this proceeding A. R. Wallace, Circuit Court Clerk of Henderson County, under authority of chapter 63, Public Acts 1937, seeks to have his compensation increased beyond that provided by the general salary statutes, sections 107'25-10748.1 of the Code.

The county challenged the constitutionality of said act, but the trial court adjudged it valid, and under the evidence fixed the clerk’s salary at $1800 per annum. Un der the. general salary law the fees of this office average between six and seven hundred dollars per annum.

The involved act is an amendment to section 10743 of the Code, which…