Sadler v. State
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the State of Nevada, Ormsby county; O. E. Mad, District Judge: Action by Reinhold Sadler against the State of Nevada. Judgment for plaintiff, and the State appeals. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bigelow, C. J.:
The plaintiff, as lieutenant-governor, brought his action in the district court to recover $136 as compensation due him for seventeen days’ services rendered by him during the month of November, 1895, as acting governor of the state of Nevada, and for mileage in connection with those services.
The statute provides (Stats. 1891, 104), that “the lieutenant-governor shall receive ten dollars per day when acting as president of the senate, and eight dollars per day when acting as governor, and such mileage as is paid to members of the legislature.” As no objection has…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Burbank v. RiversNevada Supreme Court · 1887
- Welland v. WilliamsNevada Supreme Court · 1892
- James v. GoodenoughNevada Supreme Court · 1872
- McCausland v. LambNevada Supreme Court · 1872