Pike County v. Young

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Affirming.

O. A. Stump, as county judge, and a citizen and taxpayer of Pike County, brought this action against J. M. Young, former jailer, to recover fees which he had collected and retained in excess of the $5,000 limit fixed by the Constitution. A special demurrer was sustained to the petition and the petition dismissed. As county judge and taxpayer, Stump appeals.

Under the statute now in force, the control of the fiscal affairs of the county is in the fiscal court, and the county judge, either as a county court or a member of the fiscal court, is…