Liljedahl v. Montgomery County

In 1922, the plaintiffs brought an action in Montgomery County to foreclose a mortgage. Decree was rendered thereon and the property sold to the plaintiffs on special execution. In accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 7, Section 1, Chapter 49, Laws 37 G. A., the plaintiffs paid the sheriff’s fees therein provided for, in the sum of $207.18. Said section reads as follows:

‘ ‘ Each sheriff is entitled to charge and receive the following fees: * * *

“7. For collecting and paying over money, on the first five hundred dollars or: fraction thereof, two per. cent; on all in excess of five…