McCuen v. Jackson

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellant is the county judge of Garland county. The appellee had been a county employee for some 17 years when he was discharged and almost immediately re-employed in another department, the county road department. A disagreement arose between the two men about Jackson’s rate of pay as a county employee and about the length of vacation he was entitled to. After Jackson brought this action for a writ of mandamus the parties reached an agreement with respect to Jackson’s vacation. This is an appeal from a judgment treating the complaint as one for a declaratory…