Gross v. Board of Commissioners
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wabash Circuit Court; H. B. Shively, Judge. Action by the Board of Commissioners of Whitley county against John Gross, a former county treasurer, to recover fees alleged to have been illegally paid to him by the county. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtDowling, J.
Appellant was elected treasurer of Whitley county, at the general election held in November, 1890, and was reelected to that office at the November election, 1892, serving two full terms. He was allowed and paid his salary of $1,800 per year as fixed by the act of 1891. After the expiration of his second term, he filed with the board of commissioners of said county a claim for $2,360.31, which he demanded in addition to the $3,600 he had received, on the *532ground that he was entitled to compensation under the fee and salary law of 1879. The hoard allowed and paid the claim out of county funds.…
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