County of Christian v. Merrigan

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Christian county, which the appellee obtained in a suit for compensation for services and subsistence while he was acting as a special deputy sheriff of Christian county in protecting property and preserving the peace during a strike at Pana, in said county, in 1898. The declaration alleged the due appointment of appellee, in writing, by the sheriff, as such deputy; that appellee took the oath of office, as required by the statute, and entered upon the performance of his duties, and served…