Norton v. Simms

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This appeal arises out of a controversy between the sheriff and the board of county commissioners of Shawnee county in regard to the lia*823bility of the county for certain supplies necessarily used in maintaining the county jail, the right of the sheriff to fees for attending the probate court in certain cases, and the proper manner of computing mileage earned by the sheriff in serving process. The jail of Shawnee county was built in 1887 under the authority of chapter 74 of the Laws of 1886, which provided that it should include a…