Gunning v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

These actions were brought to recover fees claimed against Wyandotte county, accruing to H. A. Mendenhall, as sheriff, and to A. Gunning, as clerk of the district court and also as sheriff, during their respective official terms, for services in many ac*709tions and proceedings in the several courts of that county. The two petitions contain 174 counts; all but five of these are upon purported judgments reciting the taxation against the county, in a majority of the cases, of the costs of the action or proceeding, and in others reciting such…