Hall v. Bell County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bell County; John D. Robinson, Judge. Petition by W. E. Hall against Bell County and others to compel payment of plaintiff’s salary as county auditor. From an order sustaining a general demurrer to the petition, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKey, C. J.
The Twenty-Ninth Legislature passed a law (Laws 1905, c. 161), which was amended by the .Thirtieth Legislature (Laws. 1907, c. 168), and which, as amended, created the office of county auditor in all counties of this state having a population of 40,000 inhabitants, or containing a city with 25,000 inhabitants. Bell county having the requisite population, W. E. Hall was appointed auditor for that county. Thereafter, on April 1, 1909, the Thirty-First Legislature passed a law (Laws 1909, c. 120) exempting Bell county by name from the provisions of the former law under which Hall had been…
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