Parsons v. Waukesha County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waukesha County. The appellant, Parsons, was sheriff of Waukesha county for the years 1889 and 1890. Prior to his election and qualification, pursuant to ch. 53, Laws of 1881, the compensation of the sheriff for services, etc., for which the county was liable to pay was changed from a fee-bill system to a salary system, and he was to receive $2,500 per annum in lieu of all fees and compensation which might have been charged under the former…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waukesha County. The appellant, Parsons, was sheriff of Waukesha county for the years 1889 and 1890. Prior to his election and qualification, pursuant to ch. 53, Laws of 1881, the compensation of the sheriff for services, etc., for which the county was liable to pay was changed from a fee-bill system to a salary system, and he was to receive $2,500 per annum in lieu of all fees and compensation which might have been charged under the former method. At the end of his term of office, he made out against the county, and presented to the board of supervisors, an…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
When the plaintiff took the office of sheriff, the resolution of the county boa,rd of the county, passed under ch. 58, laws of 1881, was in force, and restricted his compensation “for all services to be performed in the county,” for which the county would otherwise bo liable to pay, to a salary of $2,500 annually,’ and such salary was to be “ in lieu of all fees and compensation for the sheriff, un-dersheriff, and deputy sheriff for all service rendered by -such officers within the limits of such county, for which service the county was liable theretofore, except compensation for keeping and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Crocker v. Supervisors of Brown CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Bell v. Fond du Lac CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Hartwell v. Supervisors of Waukesha CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- McDonald v. Board of Supervisors of Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
- Cutts v. Rock CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
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