Board of Commissioners v. Blakely
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court, Weston County; HoN. Car-rorr H. Parmeree, Judge. The Board of County Commissioners of Weston County brought three separate actions against J. E..
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ERROR to the District Court, Weston County; HoN. Car-rorr H. Parmeree, Judge. The Board of County Commissioners of Weston County brought three separate actions against J. E.. Blakely, John Nolan and J. B. Quest, respectively, to recover from each certain money which had been paid upon a claim presented by them respectively as per diem' compensation for time employed by them as County Commissioners in going to the county seat to attend regular and special meetings of the County Board, and in returning therefrom to their respective homes. A general demurrer to the petition was sustained in each…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
The same question is presented in these three cases and they were argued together. Each action was brought by the County of Weston in the name by which it is authorized to sue and be sued to recover from the defendant money alleged to have been illegally paid to him out of the county treasury as compensation for his services as County Commissioner from January 6, 1907, to December 31, 1908, inclusive. In each case a general demurrer to the petition was sustained, the plaintiff thefeupon elected to stand upon the petition, and a judgment was rendered dismissing the action. The…
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