Keith v. Ramsey

Plaintiff was on the eighteenth day of October, 1915, appointed constable of number 3 township, Lassen County, to serve an unexpired term of that office which commenced on the first Monday in January, 1915. At the commencement of the term, constables were compensated by the fee system as provided in section 4281 of the Political Code amended in 1913 (Stats. 1913, p. 1226). At the session of the legislature in 1915, said section was amended by fixing the salary of the constables in Lassen County at twenty-five dollars per month. Plaintiff made demand upon the county auditor for payment of…