Whitthorne v. Turner

The defendant was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction by the Maury County Quarterly Court at the January Term, 1925. Before the election the court fixed the salary of the county superintendent at $1150' a year without reference to the tenure of office. The pay from the county supplemented by that from the State under chapter 118, Acts of 1921, would make the salary $2150 a year. The defendant assumed the office, discharged its duties and received pay from the county upon monthly warrants issued by the county judge throughout the year 1925.

At the July Term, 1925, the quarterly court…