Ramsay v. County of Clinton

This was a bill in chancery, filed by the county of Clinton for the purpose of recovering back certain allowances alleged to have been made to the defendant as county clerk of said county, for services and otherwise, to which he was not entitled by law.

The bill charges that defendant, through fraudulent representations, obtained these allowances when he was not entitled to them, and that the county court of the county, believing them to bé correct, allowed the claims by mistake.

The answer, after specifically denying every allegation of the bill in respect of fraud and fraudulent…