Board of Commissioners v. Buchanan

This cause was transferred to this court by the Supreme Court. Appellant brought this action against appellee to recover the sum of $722, alleged to have been illegally drawn from the county treasury as fees by appellee as clerk of the Huntington Circuit Court. The bill of particulars filed with the complaint shows, among other things, certain sums of money received during the years 1883, 1884, 1885,1886, and 1887, by appellee from the county, arising out of fees taxed by him in issuing certificates to jurymen, court bailiffs and other officers. A demurrer was overruled to the complaint, and…