Mayfield v. Moore

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellant, in the Morgan circuit court, against appellee, to recover fees received by the latter as sheriff, and collector of the State, county, and other revenue. It appears that, on the sixth of November, 1866, appellant and appellee were opposing candidates for the office of sheriff of Morgan county, in this State. On a canvass of the vote of the county, a certificate of election was given to> appellee, who afterwards received a commission, and entered upon and discharged the duties of the office, from the seventeenth day of November, 1866, till…