Gudgell v. Bath County Court

Opinion by

Judge Hargis:

“He (the county attorney) shall be allowed annually, at the court of claims, a reasonable salary out of the county levy.” Section 8, Art. 3, Chap. 5, General Statutes.

This is the provision for the payment of county attorneys for their official services. The law has fixed the fact that the attorney shall have an annual salary, but as to the amount thereof the court of claims is the judge, governed by the requirement that the sum shall be reasonable. The court has no discretion about the matter, except as to the amount, and that limited within reasonable bounds.

The court…