Ellis v. Jackson County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson District Court. This cause was submitted to the District Court for Jackson County upon an agreed statement of facts setting forth that L. A. Ellis, District Attorney of the 7th judicial district, as attorney for the State, tried the case of the State of Iowa The District Court sustained the decision of the board of supervisors, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
— This case involves a construction of §§ 380 and 381 of the Revision, § 5 of- Chapter 19 of the laws of 1862; and Chapter 38 of the laws of 1864. §§ 380 and 381 of the Revision are as follows: ■ “The several district attorneys shall receive for their services each the sum of eight hundred dollars per annum out of the State Treasury, to be audited and paid as the salaries of other State officers. In addition to the above salary, he shall receive for every conviction procured by him during his term of service, for a misdemeanor, five dollars; for a felony, ten dollars; such fees to be allowed…
2Cited by1 opinion
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