Legal Opinion

Meier v. Sanborn County

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 11, 1911PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Circuit Court, Sanborn County. Hon. Frank B. Smith, Judge. s . Action by Michael Meier against Sanborn County. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHaney, J.

The only question presented by this appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint is whether the plaintiff, as treasurer of the defendant county, in the years 1907 and 1908, was entitled to compensation, additional to a salary of $1,500, for receiving and disbursing funds arising from the,sale of bonds issued by the defendant for the purpose of erecting a courthouse. It involves the construction of various provisions of the Revised Political Code. Section 1836 declares that each county treasurer shall receive for his services 4 per cent, on all moneys collected by him for each…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. RoddleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Hughes v. Board of Com'rsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Grigsby v. Minnehaha CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. County of Sargent v. CooperNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915

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