County of Gunnison v. Hider

Action by appellee, as plaintiff, against appellant as defendant, to recover from the latter one-third of the amount of his compensation, earned as water commissioner in water district No. 40, and also one-third of the amount claimed to be due his deputies in such district, for the year ■ 1906, the latter claims having been assigned to him. Judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.

During the progress of the trial, plaintiff, over the objection of defendant, was permitted to amend *444his complaint by allegations to the effect that before he entered upon the discharge of his duties as water…