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BEAN v. HUMPHREY

No. 5-295.

264 S.W.2d 607 (1954)

BEAN v. HUMPHREY et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wiley W. Bean, Clarksville, for appellant.

Tom Gentry, Atty. Gen, W. R. Thrasher, Martin K. Fulk and William H. Donham, Little Rock, for appellees.

HOLT, Justice.

Herbert Eldridge was appointed by the State Highway Commission as Director of Highways, effective May 1, 1953, at a salary of $1,250 per month, or $15,000 per year, which compensation was duly appropriated by the 1953 Legislature by Act 451.

By proper procedure, appellant, taxpayer, brought the present suit to enjoin the State Auditor and State Treasurer from paying Eldridge in excess of $5,000 per year, as provided by Sec. 23, Art. XIX of the...

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