State ex rel. Moore v. Byrne
This text of 11 Ind. 547 (State ex rel. Moore v. Byrne) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
This case involves a question as to the amount of the salary of the judges of the Courts of Common Pleas.
We are of opinion that under the constitution and laws of the state, each judge of the Court of Common Pleas is entitled to a salary of 800 dollars per annum. Vide, Cowdin, Auditor, v. Huff, 10 Ind. R. 83, and Lamb v. Rawles, id. 565. This is the point decided in the last-named case.
This judgment, holding that 600 dollars is the limit of compensation in this case, must be reversed. ‘
The judgment is reversed with costs.
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