Hammond v. Lamar County

FINLEY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellant to recover of Lamar County the sum of $587. The petition alleged that. $54 of this sum is due him, as sheriff of Lamar County, for supporting prisoners in the county jail during the quarter ending April 30, 1896. That for the quarter ending October 31, 1896, the county is due him on ■same account the sum of $55.20, and for the quarter ending July 31, 1896, the sum of $49.85, aggregating the sum of $159.05. It is alleged that his accounts for these quarters for supporting a large number of prisoners were cut down by the commissioners…