Culberson v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mandamus. Before Judge Humphries. Fulton superior court. November 3, 1922. Garland M. Watkins, who is judge of the juvenile court of Fulton county, filed a petition for mandamus, in which he alleged that on September 27, 1922, the judges of the superior court of Fulton county, Georgia, passed and signed an order fixing the compensation of petitioner as judge of said.court at $450 per month, effective September 1, 1922; and that petitioner had made demand on H. L. Culberson,…
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Mandamus. Before Judge Humphries. Fulton superior court. November 3, 1922. Garland M. Watkins, who is judge of the juvenile court of Fulton county, filed a petition for mandamus, in which he alleged that on September 27, 1922, the judges of the superior court of Fulton county, Georgia, passed and signed an order fixing the compensation of petitioner as judge of said.court at $450 per month, effective September 1, 1922; and that petitioner had made demand on H. L. Culberson, as treasurer of Fulton county, for payment thereof, but he had failed and refused to pay petitioner his salary for the…
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) There are two questions presented by the record. The first is whether the judges of the superior court of Fulton county have the power to change the amount of the salary of the judge of the juvenile court of Fulton county during the term of his appointment and after it has been once fixed; and the second is whether it is necessary that the salary .of the judge of the juvenile court of Fulton county be audited and approved by the county commissioners of Fulton county. We shall consider these questions in reverse order.
1. Under the previous decisions of this…
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