Washington County v. Cocke

This case involves the construction of Section 3952 (d), Miss. Code of 1942, as it authorizes the payment of fees to circuit clerks.

Appellant contends that such fees can be allowed only upon itemized accounts of the claimed amounts. Appellee says that the accounts need not be itemized; that all that is necessary is for the same to be approved by the circuit judge and district attorney, and that circuit clerks in counties of the class covered by said section are entitled to $750 per annum, no more and no less, whether the claimed fees are itemized or not, and regardless of whether the value of…