State Ex Rel. Obion County v. Bond

Me.. Justice Chambliss,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by the County of Obion in August, 1927 to recover from defendant Bond, who had held the office of County Court Clerk from September, 1922, to September, 1926, and his bondsmen, fees, etc., collected by him in excess of his annual salary of $5000, fixed by law. An answer and cross-bill as filed in which the collection of excess fees was admitted, but it was al leged that $5397.40 of these excess fees had been paid out by him to deputies and clerks for assistance in the conduct of the office during the four years of…