Bartlett v. Eau Claire County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: Jakes O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Suit by plaintiff to recover his fees as municipal judge of the city of Eau Claire for services rendered in so-called “tramp cases” from November 1, 1895, to the date of his bill, February 27,1896. Seven hundred and nineteen cases are charged, for which in the bill the sum of $1.90 is set against 715, and the others are charged at $2.15 and $2.65. No question seems to be raised…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: Jakes O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Suit by plaintiff to recover his fees as municipal judge of the city of Eau Claire for services rendered in so-called “tramp cases” from November 1, 1895, to the date of his bill, February 27,1896. Seven hundred and nineteen cases are charged, for which in the bill the sum of $1.90 is set against 715, and the others are charged at $2.15 and $2.65. No question seems to be raised that fees at the statutory rate would equal the amounts charged. The total of this bill — $1,367.60 — was cut by the…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
1. The first question presented by several assignments of error is as to the efficacy of the resolution adopted by the county board at its regular meeting in November, 1895, under authority of subd. 6a, sec. 1547d, ch. 65a, S. & B. Ann. Stats., prescribing fees in tramp cases: “ To the constable or sheriff for each arrest, $.50; to police conviction, $1.00.” That such was the verbiage of the resolution adopted appears by the record of the proceedings of the *242supervisors of the county, preserved by the clerk in a book. The court permitted this record to be assailed by the testimony of one of…
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