County of Dane v. Smith
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Dane County. This case came to the circuit court for Dane county on appeal from the board of supervisors, of that county.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Dane County. This case came to the circuit court for Dane county on appeal from the board of supervisors, of that county. The case was tried by the court on an agreed statement of facts; and the court found as facts, that Smith, the plaintiff below, was an attorney of said circuit court, and was duly appointed thereby to defend one Cahoon, charged with larceny; that said Cahoon was, at the time of his trial, too poor to employ counsel; that Smith rendered services in accordance with such appointment, which were reasonably worth twenty-five dollars ; and that his…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dixon, O. J.
The facts in this case are, in effect, the same as those in the case of Carpenter & Sprague vs. Dane County, 9 Wis., 274; and that decision would be conclusive upon them, were it not that they occurred since the enactment of chap. 35 of the Laws of 1860, which is supposed to have put an end to the liability of the counties in such cases. The appointment was made, and the services rendered by the defendant in error, at the April' term, 1860, of the Dane circuit court. The supervisors disallowed the claim; and, upon appeal, the circuit court, the facts being stipulated,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carpenter v. County of DaneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
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