Geraghty v. Ashland County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. It appears from the record, and is undisputed, that the plaintiff was elected in November, 1886, as superintendent of schools in tbe defendant county; that he duly qualified and served as such from January 3, 1887, to January 7, 1889; that he received on salary for the year 1887, $522.91, and for the year 1888, $407.19, making in all $930.10. Under sec. 704, E. S., the plaintiff claims a salary of $1,500 per year, or at least…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. It appears from the record, and is undisputed, that the plaintiff was elected in November, 1886, as superintendent of schools in tbe defendant county; that he duly qualified and served as such from January 3, 1887, to January 7, 1889; that he received on salary for the year 1887, $522.91, and for the year 1888, $407.19, making in all $930.10. Under sec. 704, E. S., the plaintiff claims a salary of $1,500 per year, or at least $800 a year; and filed his bill with the county board for $3,000, less the payments mentioned, to wit, for $2,069.90,…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
Within certain limits, the county board were at liberty to fix the plaintiff’s compensation, as county superintendent of schools, at an annual salary or a per diem. Sec. 704, E. S. They did neither. That section, in effect, declares that “ they may fix such annual salary at not less than five hundred nor more than eight hundred dollars in districts containing more than five thousand and less than ten thousand inhabitants; and not less than eight hundred nor more than fifteen hundred in districts containing more than ten thousand inhabitants; and in estimating such- population the cities…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Terry v. KeaoughWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
3Cited by1 opinion
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892