Andrews v. County of Lawrence

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

The question we are called upon to decide is whether the Sheriff of Lawrence County is entitled to receive from the County, a per diem compensation of $3 per day, in addition to other fees allowed by law for transporting persons under sentence, or commitment, from the several Courts of the County to different penal institutions and hospitals for the insane.

The case originated in the Court below in an appeal by the Sheriff from the report of the County Auditors. The Sheriff had presented a claim in the sum of $351 for a per diem compensation of $3 for 117 days, on which…