McGovern v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Shit to restrain tile defendants, as State officers, from paying increased salaries to judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and of the Superior Court who were in office,* under a previous appointment, at the date of the passage of an Act of the legislature authorizing such increase, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Reed, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint.
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Shit to restrain tile defendants, as State officers, from paying increased salaries to judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and of the Superior Court who were in office,* under a previous appointment, at the date of the passage of an Act of the legislature authorizing such increase, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Reed, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint. Since the adoption of the Constitution of 1818 the legislature has, from time to time, established by general law a compensation which it deemed adequate to be paid to the judges of the Supreme Court of…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
In 1818 the people of Connecticut first enacted a “ Constitution, and form of civil government ” for this State. In the first Article they established certain maxims and limitations of power as fundamental to the exercise of power by each department of government. In Article Second they divided the powers of government into three distinct departments and confided each to a separate magistracy, to wit: the legislative to one, the executive to another, and the judicial to another. In Article Third they established a body politic styled “The General Assembly.” This body was composed of two…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Pellegrino v. O'NeillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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