Allin v. Mercer County

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Settle

Affirming.

This action was brought by the appellant, Ben C. Allin, in the Mercer circuit court, against the appellees, Mercer County and Fiscal Court of Mercer County, to *567compel the payment by the latter of a claim of $1,100.00 for certain services performed by him as clerk of the Mercer Circuit Court, which will later be specifically set forth and considered in the opinion; it being alleged in the petition that the services referred to were, and are, reasonably worth the sum of $1,100.00, which sum was allowed him by an order of the circuit court and…