Jones v. Roberts County
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Roberts County. Hon. J. H. BoTTum, Judge. Action by O. H. Jones against Roberts County. Constitution, Art. 9, Sec. 5, provides that there shall be elected at each general election certain county officers, including superintendent of school, “Whose terms of office respectively shall be two years” and “no person shall be eligible for more than four years in succession to any of the above named offices.”
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Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Roberts County. Hon. J. H. BoTTum, Judge. Action by O. H. Jones against Roberts County. Constitution, Art. 9, Sec. 5, provides that there shall be elected at each general election certain county officers, including superintendent of school, “Whose terms of office respectively shall be two years” and “no person shall be eligible for more than four years in succession to any of the above named offices.” Chap. 135, Laws 1907, Sec. 21, provides for the election of a county superin-' tendent of schools in each county at each general election, “whose term of office shall…
1Opinion of the CourtCorson, J.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant, and from the order denying a new trial. The action was commenced by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant the sum of $500 alleged to be due him for services as county superintendent of schools of Roberts county during the months of May, June, July, and August, 1909. It is alleged in the complaint that at the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners in September, 1909, plaintiff’s bill for said amount was duly presented and allowed by the said board, but the defendant has refused to pay and…
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