Farris, County Judge v. Nichols

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Fulton

— Affirming in part and reversing in part.

The main question presented by this appeal is whether a fiscal court has power to limit the amount a county clerk may expend for clerical assistance. If no such power exists, we are then confronted with the question as to the reasonableness of the expenditures of the appellee, J. B. Nichols, Clerk of the Boyle County Court, for that purpose.

The appellee was Clerk of the Boyle County Court during the term 1934-1937 and was re-elected for the four-year term beginning January 1, 1938. During his 1934-1937 term he had…