Phillips v. County of Graham

Suit for balance of back salary as county assessor of Graham county for the years 1912, 1913 and 1914. Plaintiff was inducted into office February 14, 1912, at which time his county was one of the second class, entitling him to a salary of $1,500 per annum. Paragraph 2618, Revised Statutes of Arizona 1901; chapter 73, Laws of 1907.

*210In the month of September, 1912, the equalized assessed valuation of the property of Graham county being in excess of $3,000,000, the county automatically, under the law, became a county of the first class, and the assessor’s salary automatically became $2,000 per…