Colley v. Jasper County

Plaintiff, County Superintendent of Public Schools of Jasper County, sued to recover $312.50, claimed to be the unpaid balance of salary due him as such superintendent for the month of July, 1931. He was elected at the regular school election in April, 1931, and assumed his duties on July first following. The case turns on the question of the constitutionality of Section 9464. Revised Statutes 1929 (Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 7258). If that section is valid plaintiff is entitled to recover; if unconstitutional, as defendant contends and as the circuit court held, he has been paid in full and the…