McDonald v. Woodbury County

I. The petition alleges that plaintiff was *405appointed by the sheriff jailer for the county, of which defendant had notice, and for three months discharged the duties of the place. During this time a-large number of prisoners were confined in the jail, and the service required the constant attendance of one man, and of an armed keeper whenever the doors of the cells were opened, and that the prisoners could not have been otherwise securely kept, and the services rendered by plaintiff could not have been performed by the sheriff, whose duties required frequent and long continued absence from the…