Board of Commissioners v. Pressley

The appellee Pressley, as sheriff of the county, filed before the board of commissioners a claim for mileage. The board refused to allow a part of the claim, and he appealed to the circuit court, which gave judgment for the whole amount demanded.

*362There is no dispute concerning the facts, and the question presented is one of statutory construction.

The evidence shows that, in the case of The State v. Joseph B. Wade, pending in the criminal circuit court, at the April term, 1880, a special venire was issued to the sheriff, commanding him to summon fifty good and lawful men of the county to appear…