County of Jefferson v. Besley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
At the annual session of the board of supervisors of Jefferson county, state of Wisconsin, held in November, A. D. 1853, the following account was presented to said board by Walter PL Besley, the defendant in error, for their allowance, to wit: County of Jefferson, to Walter H. Besley, Dr. 1853. November 18th.
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At the annual session of the board of supervisors of Jefferson county, state of Wisconsin, held in November, A. D. 1853, the following account was presented to said board by Walter PL Besley, the defendant in error, for their allowance, to wit: County of Jefferson, to Walter H. Besley, Dr. 1853. November 18th. For wood furnished office from 1st January, 1853, to January 1st, 1854, 9 cords, at 8s. per cord, and cash paid for sawing the same, at 4s. per cord,.$13 50 Paid S. Simpson for 1 box 2s. 33 lbs. candles (Starr), - 8 50 $22 00 The whole of which account the board refused to allow. ' An…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith J.
At tbe annual session of tbe board of *136supervisors of Jefferson county, the defendant in error presented bis account to tbe said board for fuel and lights furnished and used for the purpose of warming and lighting the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court (the defendant in error being such clerk), amounting to some 'twenty-two dollars, which account the board wholly rejected, and an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court, where judgment was rendered against the county for the amount; to reverse which this writ of error is brought.
Chapter IQ, § 16, of the Revised Statutes…
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