Howard v. Henderson County

BOND, Chief Justice.

W. W. Howard was keeper of th'e Henderson county poor farm from 1904 until November, 1934, under varying contracts of hire with the commissioners’ court of said county. In September, 1934, the commissioners’ court, deeming it advisable to dispense with Mr. Howard’s services on account of his advanced age, he being past 75 years, made and entered on the minutes of the court the following order: “That W. W. Howard and wife be paid $10.00 per month each, in form of warrants drawn on General Fund, during the remainder of their lifetime, to reimburse them for services already…