Legal Opinion

Monahan v. San Diego County

California Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1892No. 14,703PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL from Superior Court, San Diego County; W. L. Pierce, Judge. Action by T. J. Monahan against the county of San Diego for fees as constable in criminal eases. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.

1Opinion of the Court

VANCLIEF, C.

The plaintiff, as a constable, charged the defendant fees for services in criminal cases, amounting to $578.75, and presented to the board of supervisors his verified, itemized bill for this amount. The board allowed his claim to the extent of $384, but rejected it for the balance of $194.95, on the ground that the charge for the sum rejected was for “mileage in bringing various persons arrested by him from *488the place of arrest to the court from which the warrant of arrest was issued, or from the place of arrest to the county jail, in addition to mileage for going from the place…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Allen v. Napa CountyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Cunningham v. County of San JoaquinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Warner v. Fremont CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1895

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