Nickerson v. Winslow
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Fremont County; ITon. Charles E. Winter, Judge. The action was brought by H. G. Nickerson and others, as taxpayers of Fremont County, and in behalf of all the taxpayers of the County, to recover from Loren E. Wins-low, an alleged excess of salary received by him as County and Prosecuting Attorney of said County. From a judgment in favor of the defendant the plaintiffs brought error.
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Error to the District Court, Fremont County; ITon. Charles E. Winter, Judge. The action was brought by H. G. Nickerson and others, as taxpayers of Fremont County, and in behalf of all the taxpayers of the County, to recover from Loren E. Wins-low, an alleged excess of salary received by him as County and Prosecuting Attorney of said County. From a judgment in favor of the defendant the plaintiffs brought error. The defendant’s salary is fixed by the salary act of February 17, 1911. Section 1 of Article 14 of the Constitution expressly authorizes an act for that purpose. That provision is…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Chiee Justice.
The parties to this action were respectively plaintiffs and defendant in the court below, and will he so referred to here. The plaintiffs .were taxpayers and brought this action in the county for and on behalf of all the taxpayers of said county in the District Court of Fremont County to recover from the defendant for excess in salary as County and Prosecuting Attorney, charged, allowed and received by him as it is alleged contrary to the statute fixing his salary. It is admitted that the defendant was elected to that office • at the general election held November 5,…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rice v. RuddimanMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- State ex rel. Henderson v. BurdickWyoming Supreme Court · 1893
- Board of Com'rs v. BurnsWyoming Supreme Court · 1892
- Wilson v. AgnewColorado Court of Appeals · 1913
- Guthrie v. Board of CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1897
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- Estate of HotalingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- State ex rel. Gilbert v. Board of Com'rsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
- Blackburn v. Board of County Commissioners of Park CountyWyoming Supreme Court · 1951
- County Court Judges Ass'n v. SidiWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Kansas · 1921
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