Stanton County v. Canfield

Maxwell, Ch. J.

In November, 1879, the defendant filed an account against Stanton county for the sum of $223.50 for guarding and boarding one Frederick Bruner. The board of county commissioners of said county allowed *388him on said account the sum of $123.50. The defendant 1 appealed to the district court, where judgment was. rendered in his favor for the sum of $223.50 and costs. The county brings the cause into this court by petition in error.

On the trial of the cause in the district court, the defendant having testified on. his direct examination that he held the prisoner from May 10th to…