Wiles v. Board of Com'rs of Alfalfa County

This suit was instituted by the board of county commissioners of Alfalfa county, Okla., on February 9, 1929. against W. E. Wiles to recover moneys paid to him as salary, without authority of law, as county judge, and was submitted to the trial court upon an agreed statement of facts.

W. E. Wiles was elected county judge of Alfalfa county in November, 1926, and qualified as such on the second Monday in January, 1927. At the time of his election, the salary of such office was fixed by law at $1,800 per annum. Subsequent to the election of Wiles as county judge, the Legislature passed an act…