Court Opinion

ID: 6660501
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 21:01:35.006814+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:00:09.160593
License: Public Domain

Rose, J.,
concurring in part.
Plaintiff withdrew his official bond early in the term for which he ivas appointed. Afterward, his status was the same as if his .appointment had never been made, since he did not in fact occupy the office at any time or perform any of the duties thereof. The claim he presented to the auditor of public accounts was a single demand for a warrant for $6,000 — the entire statutory compensation appropriated by the legislature for the full term. The allowance of the claim in its entirety was the question presented. In disallowing it, the auditor and the trial court did not err. For these reasons alone, I concur in the affirmance, but express no opinion on other questions discussed by the chief justice.