Traylor v. State

TERRELL, J.:

Alternative writ of mandamus was issued from the Circuit Court of Sumter County directed to appellants commanding them to audit and pay a certain amount claimed by appellee for transporting a prisoner from Williston in Levy County to the County jail at Bushnell in Sumter County or to show cause why they refused to do so. Motion to quash the alternative writ was denied; peremptory writ was ordered and this appeal was prosecuted.

The question presented is whether or not the sheriff is permitted to charge mileage for the return of a prisoner to his county when he is arrested in…