McCord v. Page County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page District Court. — E. B. Woodruff, Judge. ActioN brought to recover compensation for waiting on prisoners, as provided in Section 511, Code Supplement, 1913, Paragraph 17. Trial to the court without a jury. Recovery was denied, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.
I. Plaintiff alleges that, as sheriff of Page County from January 1, 1904, to January 1, 1911, he was in charge of the county jail, and waited on the prisoners confined *359therein; that his services consisted of washing, scrubbing, and cleaning the bedsteads and bedding, cleaning and renovating the jail, heating and carrying water to the prisoners, with tubs and other appliances for bathing, taking the prisoners to and from barber shops for shaves, or securing barbers to come to them, mailing their letters, and in divers other ways doing for them; that at-divers times he made demands on the…
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