Mashak v. Poelker

BRADY, Commissioner.

In this declaratory judgment action, the pleadings raise the issue of the legality of the establishment of the position of administrative assistant in the juvenile division of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis. The appellant alleges that the statute involved, Section 211.161 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., does not authorize the creation of such a position or the employment of a person to fill it, and that the salary paid to the occupant of that position was illegal as exceeding the amount stated in Section 211.-381 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., and in Article VIII, § 8, of the…