Board of County Commissioners v. Morning

The defendant in error, as county judge of Routt county, acting under section 8 of chapter 123 of the Laws of 1921, at the beginning of his term in 1921, fixed the salary of the clerical assistant at the sum of $900, and the same was duly approved by the board of county commissioners. At the end of 1921 the commissioners, by resolution, reduced the salary to $600 a year, without consultation with the defendant in error. He thereupon appealed to the district court of Routt County, and that court held that the action of the county board was without authority, and entered judgment for the excess…