Moore v. Mahaska County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska Circuit Court. This case was submitted to tbe court below upon an agreed statement of facts, as follows: “That during tbe- years 1879 and 1880, tbe plaintiff, D. R. Moore, was tbé clerk of tbe circuit and district courts in and for said Mahaska, county., “That for eaeb of said years plaintiff received as fees for bis official services as clerk of said courts' tbe' sum of more than $2,000 for the year 1879, and more than $1,750 for tbe year 1880; and be…
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Appeal from Mahaska Circuit Court. This case was submitted to tbe court below upon an agreed statement of facts, as follows: “That during tbe- years 1879 and 1880, tbe plaintiff, D. R. Moore, was tbé clerk of tbe circuit and district courts in and for said Mahaska, county., “That for eaeb of said years plaintiff received as fees for bis official services as clerk of said courts' tbe' sum of more than $2,000 for the year 1879, and more than $1,750 for tbe year 1880; and be turned all in excess of said sums over to the county treasurer. “That during eaeb of said years tbe plaintiff was a member…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Oh. J.
— The provisions of the statute upon the subject of this controversy are as follows:
Sec. 1395. In each county there shall be.a board of the commissioners of insanity. The clerk of the circuit court shall be a member of such , board and clerk of the same. * * * Sec. 3825. The commissioners of insanity shall be allowed at the rate of three dollars per day.each, for all the time actually employed in the duties of their office. They shall also be allowed their necessary and actual expenses, not including charges for board. The clerk, in addition to what he is entitled to- as…
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