Hamblen County v. Cain

This action- was brought December 28, 1904, in the chancery court of Hamblen county, to recover of the defendant $670.40, fees for witnesses, officers,, etc., left in his hands uncalled for, that had accumulated prior to the year 1878, during the eight years of his service as clerk of the circuit court of the county next before the said year 1878. The bill charges that these moneys are still in his hands. A demurrer was filed, making the *281defenses of the ten-year statute of limitations, provided by Shannon’s Oode, section 4173, the statute of limita.tions of six years, the presumption of…