Stearns v. Graham
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for a writ of mandamus, brought to the Supreme Court for Chittenden County, and heard at its February Term, 1912, on the pleadings. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
Before the passage of No. 243, Laws of 1910, any justice of the peace, acting within his jurisdiction, who heard a criminal cause, was entitled to the fees allowed by the general provisions of the statutes to justices for such official services. *487by section 1 of that act, no fees shall be allowed or paid to a justice of the peace in a criminal cause heard by him in a town or city in which there is a municipal or city court, unless the judge of such court certifies that he was disqualified or unable to attend upon or hear said cause. Thereby the right of a justice to the allowance of fees in a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Village of St. Johnsbury v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1887
- Deneen v. UnverzagtIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Bayley v. HarveySupreme Court of Vermont · 1940
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