Looney v. Jackson County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. This -was an action of assumpsit, brought by the appellant, Mike E. Looney, against Jackson county. The ground of the plaintiff’s claim and the facts in reference to the presentation of such to the court of county commissioners are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before the Hon. John B. Tally. This -was an action of assumpsit, brought by the appellant, Mike E. Looney, against Jackson county. The ground of the plaintiff’s claim and the facts in reference to the presentation of such to the court of county commissioners are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Among the other pleas which were filed by the defendant was the following: “That said claim was presented to the court of county commissioners and said court reduced said claim to the sum of three hundred dollars, and allowed thereon said sum of three…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
The action was instituted by the appellant, who was the tax assessor of the county of Jackson in and for the year 1890, to recover the sum of one thousand dollars, as compensation, for the preparation of a book in accordance with the act approved February 28, 1889, (Pamph. Acts 1888-89, p. 138), containing lists of the lands in the county. The sixth section of the act reads : ‘ ‘That for the services rendered by the tax assessor under the provisions of this act, the court of county commissioners shall allow him a reasonable compensation.” The appellant claiming one thous- and dollars as…
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