Madison County v. Collier
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Collier, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Madison county, appellant, was defendant there. The opinion fully states the case.
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From the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Collier, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Madison county, appellant, was defendant there. The opinion fully states the case. The act of 1890, chapter 250, was repealed by the adoption of the code of 1892; certainly the eighth section of the act, providing for the compensation of the members of the board of supervisors was repealed by §§ 2018, 2019 of said code, which prescribe the entire compensation or fees to be paid supervisors. The act of 1884, chapter 320, was not repealed by the adoption of the code of 1892.…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
S. R. Collier was a member of the board of supervisors of Madison county for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, inclusive, and performed all the duties of that office. In February, 1900, he filed his claim for $150 salary for each of said years, under section 8, chapter 250, acts 1890, entitled, “An act to insure the better working of the public roads in the county of Madison, and for other purposes. ’ ’ The board of supervisors admitted upon the record that Collier had served as a member of the board for the years specified, under a regular election to said office, but had received no pay…
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