State Ex Rel. Watson v. Merialdo

*323OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, J.:

This petition presents for determination the question of- the constitutionality of sec. 8433, N.C.L.1929, as amended, requiring a district judge, before he may receive his monthly salary, to file an affidavit with the controller showing that no cases remain undecided which have been submitted to him for more than ninety days. We hold that the statute in question violates constitutional limitations.

Petitioner is the duly elected, qualified and acting judge of the Seventh judicial district court of the State of Nevada, in and for the counties of White Pine and…