Asher, Treas., Bell Co. v. Wilson, County Atty.

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Fulton

Affirming.

The appellee was elected county attorney of Bell County at the November election, 1941 and assumed office for a four-year term on January 5, 1942. On May 24,1937, the fiscal court fixed the salary of the county attorney for the four-year term beginning the first Monday in January, 1938, at $2,400 per annum. No subsequent orders were made by the fiscal court pertaining to the salary of the county attorney until December 3, 1941 (after the appellee’s election), when the salary for the appellee’s four-year term was fixed at $3,000 per annum.

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