Busch v. Turner

Petitioner, the District Attorney of Lake County, asks a writ of mandate to compel respondent, the auditor of that county, to pay petitioner’s salary at the rate of $2,400 a year from and after January 25, 1945, rather than at the rate of $1,800 a year, the amount which petitioner received prior to January 25. There is no dispute as to the facts, and the matter was submitted upon respondent’s demurrer to the petition.

Petitioner was elected on August 25, 1942, for the term beginning in January, 1943, and ending in January, 1947. Prior to August, 1943, his salary was fixed at $1,800 a year by…