County of Randolph v. State

Claimant, County of Randolph, Illinois, by the chairman of its Board ' of County Commissioners and its State’s Attorney, seeks to recover from respondent the sum of $3,752.20. This action is based on a specific statute, which confers jurisdiction on this Court to hear cases brought thereunder. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, Chap. 65, Secs. 37-39; Chap. 37, Sec, 439.8.

The purpose of such statute is to reimburse certain counties in Illinois for expenses, costs and fees incurred because of the large volume of petitions for writs of habeas corpus in forma pauperis filed therein. The Counties of Will and…