# Etowah County Board of Education v. Smith

> Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · December 19, 1990 · 584 So. 2d 526

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7593893

## Case

- **Full name:** Etowah County Board of Education v. Christine Smith.
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** December 19, 1990
- **Citations:** 584 So. 2d 526; 1990 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 592; 1990 WL 211537
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Russell
- **Judges:** Ingram, Robertson, Russell
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

RUSSELL, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. It seems clear to me that Christine Smith received a 7.5% raise over her 1987-88 salary exclusive of local supplements as required by 1988 Ala. Acts, No. 88-691, and that the board correctly interpreted and applied its own policy-
The first clue of such correct interpretation was that the trial court’s own interpretation yields a 46.71% salary increase over her 1987-88 salary, a seemingly absurd consequence, which by no stretch of the imagination could have been the intent of the board, nor the effect of its stated policy. See Ex parte Rowe, 4 Ala.App. 254 , 59 So. 69 (1912).

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