Lee v. County of MacOmb

In October, 1930, the Macomb county board of supervisors fixed the salary for the office of county school commissioner at $5,000 per annum, payable in equal semi-monthly instalments. In the following spring election of 1931, William L. Lee, plaintiff herein, was elected to that office for a full term of four years commencing July 1, 1931. He qualified and performed the duties thereof during the entire term, and at the time he assumed the office the salary was the amount above mentioned.

For the first six months of the term of office, appellee was paid at the full rate of $5,000 per annum, and…