Russell County Fiscal Court v. Russell County

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Dietzman

—Affirming.

On January 11, 1930, the fiscal court of Russell county entered an order employing the appellant, M. H. Sasser, as county agricultural agent for Russell county for the year 1930, at a salary of $900, an appropriation being made for that purpose in the order. Prom this order the county attorney appealed to the Russell circuit court, his position being that, inasmuch as there were on January 1, 1930, valid outstanding interest-bearing warrants of Russell county far in excess of funds that could be made available for their payment by a…