Stone v. Marion County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marion District Court. — Hots. O. B. Aybes, Judge. Action to recover the value of services rendered on the trial of a person charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The evidence shows that William M. Stone was employed by the county attorney of -defendant, with the approval of the district court, to aid in the prosecution of a person who had been indicted, and was tried, for the crime of murder in the first degree;. that said Stone rendered fifteen days’ services in the case, of the reasonable value of not less than twenty dollars per day; that he presented a bill for the services so rendered in the sum of three hundred dollars to. the board of supervisors of defendant, and demanded payment thereof; that said board allowed as full payment of the-bill the…
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