Jefferson County v. Capanes

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

This case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts and the sole question presented by this appeal is whether or not the county is • liable for the feed of a bailiff while in charge of or attending a jury kept together during deliberation by the order of the trial judge.

Whatever may be the inherent powers of the courts in other jurisdictions, it is well settled in this state that public officers are entitled to only such fees and costs as are expressly authorized. Mobile County v. Williams, Judge, 180 Ala. 639, 61 So. 963, and cases there cited, as well as section…