Phillips County v. Clayton

Appellee, who was prosecuting attorney of the first judicial circuit, filed in the county court of Phillips county, his claim against the county for fees upon convictions for the state in the criminal court of said county, in certaiu cases, in which the same could not be made out of the estate of the defendant, which fees had accrued since the passage of the act of March 27,1871, amending sec. 286 of the code of criminal practice.

The county court refused to allow the claim, and he appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court he recovered judgment for one hundred and ninety dollars,…