Mead v. Jasper County

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the Jasper County Circuit Court in favor of defendant.

Appellant, who was sheriff of Jasper County during the year 1924, brought suit in the circuit court against the county to recover a balance which he claimed was due him for boarding prisoners in his charge during that year.

The petition is in two counts, each for the same sum, viz., $2212.80, being the difference between the amount actually paid plaintiff by the county and the amount he claims he was entitled to receive for the calendar year 1924. The first count proceeds upon the theory that…