Boyle v. Plymouth County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth District Gornt. — Hon. F. R. Gaynor, Judge. Action to recover sheriff’s fees. The plaintiff is the sheriff of the defendant county. The amount in controversy being less than one hundred dollars, the legal propositions to be considered are presented by a certificate from the trial judge. The question certified under the first count of the petition is as follows: 11 First.
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Appeal from Plymouth District Gornt. — Hon. F. R. Gaynor, Judge. Action to recover sheriff’s fees. The plaintiff is the sheriff of the defendant county. The amount in controversy being less than one hundred dollars, the legal propositions to be considered are presented by a certificate from the trial judge. The question certified under the first count of the petition is as follows: 11 First. When, in a criminal proceeding for a violation of a statute of the state, a justice of the peace issues a warrant, and places it in the hands of a sheriff for service, and, in the proper discharge of his…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The questions involve a construction of the law as to the compensation of sheriffs, and chapter 94 of Acts of the Nineteenth General Assembly, is upon the subject.' The chapter has numerous provisions providing compensation for particular services, and also provides an annual salary for attending courts, “and for other service for which no compensation is allowed by law.” Section 4 of the act provides for compensation 'for serving warrants, in the following language: “For each warrant served, two *378dollars, and the repayment of any amount actually paid out by him as necessary expenses in…
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