Gammon v. Lafayette County

Plaintiff sued the county before a justice of the peace on an account for $9.25, the aggregate of fees claimed by him as clerk of the probate court of said county, for opening and adjourning orders of said court entered of record from April 8th to July 10th, 1878, inclusive, except Sundays. Defendant had judgment both in the jus*676tice’s court and the circuit court, and plaintiff has appealed to this coiirt. It is agreed that plaintiff was judge' and ex-officio clerk of the probate court of Lafayette county, and the only question to be determined is whether plaintiff is entitled by law to the…