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McFall v. City of Austin

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 20, 1883No. 2861, Op. Book No. 4, p. —PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Travis County.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Willson, J.

§ 450. City engineer, salary of; city charter. By the charter of the city of Austin, the office of city engineer is created, and it is provided that this officer shall receive a salary which shall not exceed $1,200 per annum. This provision does not fix the salary at any definite sum, but only prescribes the maximum of it. It remained for the city council to determine the amount of the salary, and in doing this they could fix it at any amount less than $1,200. [Love v. Mayor of Jersey City, 11 Vroom (40 N. J.), 456.]

It was evidently the intention of the framers of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. BUTLER v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. People Ex Rel. Fowler v. BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. State ex rel. Attorney-General v. DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  4. State Ex Rel. Bunting v. GalesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  5. United States v. EdwardsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois · 1839

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Warren v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1982
  2. State v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  3. State v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969

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