State v. Cook
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. The brief for appellee and the opinion of the court contain a full statement of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Chief Justice.
Under authority of an act authorizing him to institute suit against the state, to ascertain “ what amount, if any, is due ” him “ by the state, for salary as judge of the criminal district court of Galveston and Harris counties, between the 1st day of January, 1879, and the 1st day of September, 1880,” this suit was brought by Gustave Cook, claiming that, during that period, he was entitled to a salary at the rate of $3,500 per annum. It appears that up to January, 1879, the appropriation acts provided for the payment of the salary of that official at the rate claimed by…
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