Stewart v. Kidd

Opinion of the 'Court by

Chief Justice Clay—

Reversing.

Dr. O. R. Kidd, county health officer of McCracken county, brought this - suit, against Brady M. Stewart, county judge, and Adam Temple, R. E. Moshell, and L. C. Sears, commissioners of McCracken county, to recover three months’ back salary at the rate of $50 per month. The basis of the action was that after Dr. Kidd’s election, the defendants, constituting the fiscal court of McCracken county, illegally reduced his salary from $50 a month to $50 a, year. During the progress of the action, an amended petition was filed seeking a recovery of…