Board of Comm'rs v. Chase
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon District Court. At the adjourned September Term, 1879, of the district court, Chase recovered a judgment against the Board of Com■missioners of Lyon County for $327.50. The Board brings the ease here. The opinion states the nature of the action, and the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by Edward Cr. Chase against the board of commissioners of Lyon county, for fees as a witness in the case of The State of Kansas v. Robert Best, who was prosecuted criminally in said county, for murder. The facts of the case are substantially as follows :
Chase, who resided in Lyon county, within seventeen miles of Emporia, the county seat of that county, and who was an important witness in the above case, duly entered into a recognizance in the sum of $100, for his appearance at the next term of the district…
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