Hindman v. City of Springfield
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. Jambs T. Neville, Judge. The fees in controversy were earned by the appellant, Hindman, from the fourth day of May, 1894, to the fourth day of May, 1898. The charter then provided the city should in no event be held liable for any costs or fees to any police judge or marshal in any case tried before the police judge of said •city, unless the defendant be convicted and committed. . Session Acts of 1893, page 75, section 56. Under…
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Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. Jambs T. Neville, Judge. The fees in controversy were earned by the appellant, Hindman, from the fourth day of May, 1894, to the fourth day of May, 1898. The charter then provided the city should in no event be held liable for any costs or fees to any police judge or marshal in any case tried before the police judge of said •city, unless the defendant be convicted and committed. . Session Acts of 1893, page 75, section 56. Under the charter of this city, from 1889 up to 1893, it was expressly provided ■“that the city shall in no event be held…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
The plaintiff was elected marshal of the defendant city for two terms, beginning the fourth of May, 1894, and ending the fourth of May, 1898, and received for his services as such the compensation allowed by an ordinance enacted by the city council April 5, 1892. The defendant was originally incorporated under a special act approved December 16, 1845 (see local acts 1855, pages 299-310), which, and the acts amendatory thereto, was amended and consolidated into one-act by a special act approved March 30, 1874. *582Both special acts contained a provision that “the marshal of said city should serve…
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