Searcy County v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Searcy Circuit Court; J. I. Worthington, Judge; 1. The judgment is contrary to the law and the evidence. Appellee was not employed by nor working with the approval of the county judge, nor at his direction. The funds were not being used at the direction of the county judge. Kirby’s Digest, § 1546. The language is mandatory.
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Appellee was a county farm demonstration agent in extension work in the South of the State Relation Service under the employment of the United States Department of Agriculture. As such special agent, he filed a claim against Searcy County for the sum of $720 for services rendered by him for the county during the year 1917. The county judge refused to allow the claim, and appellee appealed to the circuit court, and the cause was tried in the circuit court before the judge sitting as a jury.
Appellee testified that he served in the capacity of farm demonstrator for the county for eleven months;…
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