Highfield v. Delaware Trust Co.

Layton, C. J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

Prior to the enactment of Chapter 60, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware, approved April 6, 1905, certain County *120Officers, including Registers of Wills, received their compensation by way of fees.

The earliest fee bill incident to the office of Register of Wills seems to have been established by Chapter 125, Revised Code of 1852. This fee bill, the forerunner of subsequent ones, was in detail, covering all services rendered by that officer. Among them were fees for “adjusting and settling account, certifying and registering such settlement,” and they…