Board of Commissioners v. Miller

The appellee presented to the board of 'commissioners of Madison county, a verified statement of a claim for a bounty of one hundred dollars, alleged to be due him for enlistment, to the credit of said county, in the military service of the United States during the war of the Rebellion,— the claim being based upon an order of the county board, offering bounties for such enlistment. The board of commissioners rejected the claim, and, upon appeal to the circuit court, demurred to the complaint for want of facts. This demurrer the court overruled, and, upon the hearing, ren-dered judgment in…