Hager v. Shuck
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 72. — MANDAMUS BY FINLEY SHUCK TO' COMPEL GUS G. COULTER, STATE AUDITOR, TO DRAW A WARRANT I'N HIS FAVOR FOR SERVICES AS CLERK IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. James E. Cantbill, Circuit Judge.
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Case 72. — MANDAMUS BY FINLEY SHUCK TO' COMPEL GUS G. COULTER, STATE AUDITOR, TO DRAW A WARRANT I'N HIS FAVOR FOR SERVICES AS CLERK IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. James E. Cantbill, Circuit Judge. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, S. W. Hager, successor to G-us G. Coulter, appeals. . 1. By -the verified answer of Gu® G. Coulter, auditor, it appears that the specific appropriation under the law for clerk hire and clerical assistance in the auditor’s office for each of said years had -been exhausted; it al-so-. appears by the petition that the cl-aim of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge 0 ’Rear
Reversing.
(Jus Gr. Coulter, when Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, appointed appellee, Finley Shuck, to the position in the Auditor’s office known as “Chief of Claims Department,” at a salary of $2,400 per annum. The appointment was made as of the 1st of March, 1900. Appellee continued in the employment for three years. For about ten months of the first year he was paid at the rate of $2,400 per annum. After that his salary was reduced by the Auditor, and he was paid accordingly in all only $5,325, leaving a difference betwieen the $7,200, which he…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Lexington v. RennickCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Bosworth v. ShuckCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
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