Baggett v. Barrow

Baggett in his capacity as sheriff of Douglas County sought by mandamus to collect back pay alleged to be due him by that county as fees or compensation due from the date of the approval of the act of 1918, fixing fees or compensation of sheriffs (Acts 1918, p. 226), alleging that he was entitled to have, as compensation for his services in summoning juries, the sum of $10 for the whole number of jurors summoned for service as grand jurors at each term of court, and $10 for each twelve men summoned for service as traverse jurors at each term of the superior *702court; that he had collected, for…