State ex rel. Hay v. Hindson
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J.. M. Clements, Judge. Mandamus by the state, on the relation of Henry Hay, Jr.r against J. J. Hindson and others, county commissioners of Lewis and Clark county, to compel the allowance and payment of a claim of relator. From a judgment awarding a peremptory-writ, defendants appeal. Cause submitted oh briefs of counsel.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
During 1909 Lewis & Clark county was a county of' the third class, and relator, Hay, was a deputy sheriff who acted as jailer. ' For his services rendered during the month of June,, 1909,. the-*355relator was paid only $90, and he thereupon filed with the county auditor his verified claim for $35, contending that he was entitled to receive a salary of $125 per month. The claim was passed upon and approved by the auditor, but was disallowed by the board of county commissioners, upon the theory that the maximum compensation of relator was $90 per month. An application was made to the district court…
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