Board of Sup'rs v. Powell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Calhoun county. Hon. C. Lee Crum, Judge. Dr. Eli Powell appealed to the circuit court from the action of the board of supervisors of Calhoun county in fixing his salary as. county health officer., Case was heard on appeal without a jury. From a judgment increasing the salary, the board of supervisors appeals. The question of the salary of the county health officer has been before this court on three previous occasions.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Calhoun county. Hon. C. Lee Crum, Judge. Dr. Eli Powell appealed to the circuit court from the action of the board of supervisors of Calhoun county in fixing his salary as. county health officer., Case was heard on appeal without a jury. From a judgment increasing the salary, the board of supervisors appeals. The question of the salary of the county health officer has been before this court on three previous occasions. In Desoto County v. Westbrook, 1 So. 3521, the court held that the board of supervisors could not abolish the office of county health officer…
1Opinion of the Court
Stevens J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Dr. Eli Powell, appellee, as the duly appointed county health officer of Calhoun county appeared before the board of supervisors at their August, 1919, meeting and asked that his salary be fixed in accordance with the statute. The board of supervisors heard testimony and fixed the salary at three hundred and sixty dollars per annum. Appellee was dissatisfied at the amount and prayed for and obtained an appeal to the circuit court. The appeal was prosecuted by a bill of exceptions in accordance with section 80, Code of 1906 (section 60, Hemingway’s…
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