Lewis v. County of Cook
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for official fees, etc. Appeal fropi the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1897. Affirmed. Opinion filed November 2, 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion op the Court.
The appellant, H. Albert Lewis, was a judge of election in Chicago, Cook county, in 1896, and as such served four" days, for which he was paid at the rate of three dollars per day, or in all twelve dollars. He claims that, legally, he should.have been paid at the rate of five dollars per- day, or twenty dollars, and brought suit to recover the difference of $8.
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