County of Dodge v. Gregg
Nebraska Supreme Court
This was an action commenced before the board of county commissioners of Dodge county, on the 23d day of May, a.d. 1882, by the defendant in error against said Dodge county for an allowance of two claims, one for fees for services rendered by himself as sheriff of said county, in a certain preliminary examination wherein the State of Nebraska was plaintiff and Frank M. Lane defendant, amounting to $76.30; and the other for fees of James Huff as justice of the peace, rendered…
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This was an action commenced before the board of county commissioners of Dodge county, on the 23d day of May, a.d. 1882, by the defendant in error against said Dodge county for an allowance of two claims, one for fees for services rendered by himself as sheriff of said county, in a certain preliminary examination wherein the State of Nebraska was plaintiff and Frank M. Lane defendant, amounting to $76.30; and the other for fees of James Huff as justice of the peace, rendered in the same examination. Huff’s fees as justice on said examination were as follows : Docketing…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Sec. 535, chap. D. of the criminal code provides that: “ No costs shall be paid from the county treasury in any ■case of prosecution for a misdemeanor, or for secmity to keep the peace, except as provided in section five hundred and forty-one.
The following section (536) provides expressly for the payment of costs by the county, incurred upon examination before a magistrate on complaint of a felony, whether the accused be held to answer in court, or discharged. It *308also makes it the duty of the county commissioners to disallow any item, in whole or in part, of any bill of costs in such cases…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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