Jordan v. Mellette County
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal -from Circuit Court, Mellette County. Hon. William Williamson, .Judge. Action by C. P. Jordan, against Mellette County, South Dakota, to recover moneys claimed to be 'due plaintiff from defendant, as a balance on bis salary for acting as ¡County Treasurer. Prom 'an order of the Circuit Court sustaining the Count}'- Commissioners’ rejection of plaintiff’s bill, for such balance, he appeals.
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Appeal -from Circuit Court, Mellette County. Hon. William Williamson, .Judge. Action by C. P. Jordan, against Mellette County, South Dakota, to recover moneys claimed to be 'due plaintiff from defendant, as a balance on bis salary for acting as ¡County Treasurer. Prom 'an order of the Circuit Court sustaining the Count}'- Commissioners’ rejection of plaintiff’s bill, for such balance, he appeals. Appellant submitted that: Under Chap. 171, Laws .1909, the salary of the county treasurer is not based upon fees collected by him, 'but upon the provision of Sec. 879, which fixes the maximum fee at…
1Opinion of the Court
POLL/EY, P. J.
In this -action plaintiff .seeks to receiver a certain sum- -o-f money which he -claims to be due him from the defendant, Mellette county, as a balance on his salary for - acting as county treasurer of that county. While acting as such treasurer, the county commissioners allowed and .paid plaintiff at the rate of $100 per month. After his term- of office had1 expired he claimed that, under the existing law, he was entitled- to- $125 per month, and presented a bill to the county commissioners for an -amount egjual to $25 per month -all- the time -he was such county treasurer. The…
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- Jordan v. Mellette CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1917