Wood v. Cannon County

This is a suit by J. IT. Wood against Cannon County for $333.34, as the balance on his salary as tax assessor of the county. The compensation of tax assessors of most of the counties is regulated by Code, section 1338; but in Cannon County it is fixed by a special act, Chapter 455, Private Acts of 1927, at ‘ ‘ $1,000.00 per annum payable quarterly out of the County Treasury upon a County warrant of the Judge or Chairman of the County Court.” Plaintiff Wood was elected tax assessor of Cannon’ County at the regular August election in 1932 for the term beginning September 1, 1932 and ending…