Shrewsbury v. Ellis

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The appellant brought this suit in the District Court of Grayson County for mandamus to the appellee, as clerk of the County Court of said county, requiring him to enter in the probate fee book of said court two items of fees claimed by the appellant as accruing to him as sheriff of Grayson County for the service of process in two several cases on the probate docket of said County Court. The fees claimed were for mileage in posting notices of an application for guardianship, and of one for the sale of real estate. The petition set forth the facts showing the execution…