Harrington v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Judge. The court below erred in approving the report by which the deficiency that existed in the compensation of Sheriff Harrington during his first term of office was made good from the surplus created by the earnings of his second term of office.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Judge. The court below erred in approving the report by which the deficiency that existed in the compensation of Sheriff Harrington during his first term of office was made good from the surplus created by the earnings of his second term of office. Allen v. Cowan, 76 Mo. 193. (1) The language of the law is not that he shall retain out of the fees of any one year or term the fees earned during that year, but that he shall retain out of the fees of his office; that is, out of the fees, when collected irrespective of when earned,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
Mr. Harrington was the duly elected and qualified sheriff of the city of St. Louis for two full terms, the first term being composed of the years 1885 and 1886, and the second of the years 1887 and 1888. At the expiration of the first six months of the second term, he filed in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis a statement of the receipts and expenses of his office. To this statement the city filed exceptions. The statement was continued from term to term during that year and a part of the succeeding year. In the meantime the court in general term required him to file two supplemental…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Allen v. CowanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
3Cited by3 opinions
- Kenefick v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
- State ex rel. Harrington's Administrator v. PohlmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895