Feldenheimer v. County of Woodbury
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury Ci/reuit Cov/rt. Action upon an account for clothing furnished prisoners confined in the jail of said county at the request of the sheriff. Trial by the court. Judgment for the plaintiff for $215.80, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtServers, J.
i. county: ?ái suppües: sheriff. -I. The Code provides: “The keeper of each jail (sheriff) must furnish necessary clothing, bedding, fuel and me(lical aid, for all prisoners under his charge, an(^ keep an accurate account of the same. All charges for safe keeping and maintaining convicts and persons charged with public offenses, and committed for examination or trial to the county jail, shall be paid from the county treasury, the accounts therefor being first settled and allowed by the board of supervisors.” Code, § 4727, 4735.
It is objected, as the sheriff must furnish the required clothing,…
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