Case Name: STOCKWELL vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Genesee)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1885-04-09
Citations: 1 McGrath 1492
Docket Number: 
Parties: STOCKWELL vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Genesee),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1492–1492

Head Matter:
STOCKWELL vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Genesee),
56 M., 221.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to pay to relator, who is the official stenographer for the county, the per diem compensation which had been fixed for the office before his appointment, the board having subsequently fixed an annual salary.
Denied April 9, 1885.
Held, that the statute clearly contemplated an annual salary, and that the fixing of a per diem allowance was wholly incompetent.