De Soto County v. Wood

The appellee, W. F. Wood, was regularly elected and qualified as circuit clerk of De Soto county, for the term beginning the first Monday of January, 1920, and ending on the first Monday of January, 1924. At the October, 1927, meeting of the board of supervisors of the county, the appellee filed his claim against the county for a balance alleged to be due him as circuit clerk of said county from April 1, 1922., to January 8, 1924, under chapter 122, Laws of 1920, after crediting* the county with all fees collected by him during* that period. The board rejected the claim, and an appeal was…