Board of Commissioners v. King

The question involved in this case is, whether the board of commissioners of a county is required to furnish fuel for the recorder’s office. On the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court, the jury were instructed that “ a just construction of the act establishing the office of *722county recorder requires the county hoard to furnish that officer with necessary fuel for business hours.” Under this instruction the jury allowed the claim.

W. T. Otto and J. S. Davis, for the appellants. R. Crawford, for the appellee.

The 1 R. S., p. 101, s. 1, provides that no money shall be drawn from the treasury of…