Legal Opinion

Independence County v. Young

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 10, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Independence Circuit Court. Richard H. Powell, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee filed in the county court the following petition, to-wit: “To the Honorable W. G. Wilson, Judge of the County Court of Independence county:—George W. Young, clerk of the county court of Independence county, respectfully represents that the report hereto attached, marked ‘Exhibit A,' shows the amount of fees collected by him, by virtue of his office aforesaid, for the year…

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Appeal from Independence Circuit Court. Richard H. Powell, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee filed in the county court the following petition, to-wit: “To the Honorable W. G. Wilson, Judge of the County Court of Independence county:—George W. Young, clerk of the county court of Independence county, respectfully represents that the report hereto attached, marked ‘Exhibit A,' shows the amount of fees collected by him, by virtue of his office aforesaid, for the year commencing November 1, 1895, and ending October 31, 1896. Your petitioner prays that, by an appropriate order of this court,…

1Opinion of the Court

Wood, J.,

(after stating the facts.) So much of an act entitled “An act to fix the fees and salaries of the county officers of Independence county, Arkansas,” as relates to the clerk, and necessary to be considered in the determination of this case, is as follows:

Sec. 2. The county clerk shall be ex-officio probate clerk, and the fees and emoluments of the county court clerk shall not exceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and out of such sum they shall each pay their deputies and assistants, as may be required to discharge the duties of their respective offices, and in no case…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Powell v. DurdenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Buffalo County v. BowkerNebraska Supreme Court · 1924
  2. State Ex Rel. Lonoke County v. SwaimSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
  3. Prairie County v. RadicanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  4. Rowden v. Fulton CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
  5. County Board of Education v. AustinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925

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