Wade v. Lewis & Clarke County
Montana Supreme Court
Apoeal from, District Court Lewis and Clarice county; S. II. JLclutire, Judge. Action by J ohn AV. Wade against Lewis and Clarke county to recover mileage as county surveyor. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pigott
By “An act to define the powers and duties of county surveyors, and to provide for their compensation, and to abolish the office of road supervisor, ” approved on the 4th day of March, 1897, and found at page 71 of the laws of that year, the duty of laying out, constructing, and repairing roads was confided to the county surveyor. The plaintiff was such *336officer of the county of Lewis and Clarke, and between the 1st day of June, 1897, and the 31st day of December, 1898, he actually and necessarily traveled in the prosecution of road work 3,320 miles, for which he presented a claim to the board…
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