Harrison v. Colgan

Citations

• 7 Cal. Unrep. 217
• 81 P. 1010
• 1905 Cal. LEXIS 713

Syllabus

<p>District Courts of Appeal—Salary of Justices.—The supreme court is the only tribunal empowered to determine the amount of the salary of the justices of the district courts of appeal.</p> <p>Supreme Court—Salary of Justices.—Statutes of 1905, page 224, chapter 249, amending a statute fixing the salary of the justices of the supreme court at $6,000 a year, by providing that the annual salary of each justice of the supreme court shall be $8,000, and the annual salary of each justice of the district courts of appeal $7,000, has no application to any justice of the supreme court in office at the time of the adoption of the amendment; but such justices during their term are entitled only to the salary fixed by the earlier statute.</p>