Robinson, Co. Judge v. Elliott Co. Fiscal Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees —

Reversing.

Tbe appellant, G-. W. Robinson, is the duly elected and acting county judge of Elliott county. Before he qualified and assumed the duties of the office in January, 1930, the fiscal court of the county fixed the regular annual salary to be paid by the county to the county judge at $1,200, but failed to fix a salary to be paid to him for his services in presiding at misdemeanor trials pursuant to chapter 22, Acts of 1928. In May, 1930, appellant requested the fiscal court to fix a salary to him of $300 in payment for these services. The fiscal court…