City of Grenada v. Wood

Citations

• 81 Miss. 308

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipalities. Grenada. Treasurer's salary. Power to fix.</p> <p>The municipal authorities of the city of Grenada, under its special charter, have authority by ordinance to fix and change the compensation of the municipal treasurer.</p> <p>2. Same. Ordinance. Several parts interdependent.</p> <p>If a municipal ordinance seeking to have certain moneys disbursed by a committee, instead of the treasurer, be void, the treasurer cannot recover the compensation sought to be given by said ordinance, where its parts are interdependent.</p> <p>3. Officers’ Salaries. Suits for. Evidence of value.</p> <p>Testimony as to the reasonable value of a municipal treasurer’s services is incompetent in a suit by him to recover compensation therefor, if his salary be fixed by ordinance.</p>