Legal Opinion
Hard v. State Ex Rel. Baker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 15, 1934No. 3 Div. 86PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
The question presented by the present record may toe briefly stated thus:
In April, 1930; the state committee of public health elected Dr. J. N. Baker as state health officer with a‘term of office of five years, and at a salary of $7,500 per annum, which action was ratified by the state board of health.
Later, October, 1932, owing to the straitened economic conditions, the salary was, by mutual agreement between the state health officer and state board of health, reduced to $5,250 per annum.
At the time of such election, the state board of health entered into a contract to pay…
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