Troup v. Morgan County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This was an action by L. P. Troup against Morgan county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speake. This was an action by L. P. Troup against Morgan county. The complaint was as follows : ' “The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of three hundred and fifty-six and 20-100 dollars due by defendant to plaintiff for ex-officio services rendered by the plaintiff as Clerk and Register of the City Court of Decatur for the year ending November 1st, 1893, which sum with interest thereon is still unpaid, and plaintiff avers that said claim for said ex-officio services was duly and properly iteipized and sworn to by…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
Section'4 of the act creating the city court of Decatur, (Acts 1888-89, p. 316) provides, the clerk and register of said court “shall have the same powers and perform all the duties which may be lawfully exercised or performed by clerks of the circuit courts and registers in chancery in this State, including the power to issue attachments and other extraordinary process. His fees shall be the same as those allowed by law in like cases to said clerks and registers.”
Fees allowed to clerks .of the circuit court are specified, for each particular service, in section 3682 of the Code, which…
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