Lang v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff, register of deeds of Coffey county, brought this action to recover a part of her salary which the board of county commissioners withheld from her because of the following circumstances:

Prior to July 1, 1922, the population of Coffey county was above 15,000, and the register’s salary and allowances provided by statute were $1,500 per annum, and $600 per annum for clerk hire. (R. S. 28-114.) The same statute gave the county commissioners discretionary power to make additional allowances for clerk hire where-necessary to conduct…