Court Opinion

ID: 9675093
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Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:41:53.931499+00
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Mr. Justice Culver
joined by Justice Griffin, dissenting.
I do not agree that Art. 3886, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stat., prohibits the Commissioners Court from paying an assistant district attorney appointed for and engaged on a temporary duty not to exceed thirty days, at a greater monthly rate than the statute permits for one regularly employed on a yearly basis.
The grand jury decided that an investigation of certain county affairs should be made by an attorney and at the request of the grand jury the District Attorney appointed an assistant with the approval of the Commissioners Court, the appointment being limited to a period of thirty days and for a compensation not to exceed $600.00. It is to be expected that the employment for a period of a month only would normally *105be more than the monthly rate for employment on a yearly basis. In my opinion the Commissioners Court did not exceed its authority in making the order and should not be enjoined from paying the compensation where the services have been performed.
Opinion delivered June 27, 1956.
Rehearing overruled July 25, 1956.