Ward v. County Court

In February, 1869, the relator was ordered by the Circuit Court of Cole county to make an index of the records of said court, which labor he performed. He presented to the court his account for the work, amounting to a little over $1,000, which was allowed, and the allowance certified to the County Court. The latter court refused to audit the account, and the relator sued out a writ of mandamus from said Circuit Court, which'was made peremptory.

The substantial questions are: first, whether the Circuit Court had the right to make the order; second, whether it could fix the compensation ; and,…