Legal Opinion
Dallas County v. Reynolds
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 1, 1917No. 7860PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County; T. A. Werk, Judge. Suit by W. K. Reynolds against Dallas County. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
Appellee, W. K. Reynolds, sheriff of Dallas county, sued said county for $591.40, for services rendered, for safe-keeping, support, and maintenance of prisoners confined in the county jail, as provided by the terms of chapter 64, Acts of the Thirty-Second Legislature, p. 107, allowing the sheriff the following charges:
“To each prisoner for each day such amount as may be fixed by the commissioners’ court, provided the same shall be reasonably sufficient as compensation for such service, and in no event shall it be less than forty cents per day for each prisoner, nor more than fifty cents for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- O'Connor v. TownsTexas Supreme Court · 1846
- Cosgriff v. Bd. of Election Commr's of S.F.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Linhart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
- Smith v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1887
- City of Denver v. PearceSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Long v. City of Wichita FallsTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Tipton v. TiptonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Harris County v. HammondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Oliason v. GirardIdaho Supreme Court · 1936
- Talbott, Auditor Public Accts. v. CaudillCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
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