Board of County Commissioners v. Clapp

This suit was begun by the appellee, Clapp, against the county commissioners of Arapahoe county to recover $85.00 a month for three months, February, March and April, 1895, for services alleged to have been rendered to Isham R. Howzei justice of the peace, who was elected to a term beginning in January, 1894, and ending in January, 1896. The complaint *162stated the rendition of services as clerk to the justice, and a resolution of the board of county commissioners antecedently adopted which provided that the compensation of Clapp as clerk should be $85.00 a month. The plaintiff further stated…