Meade County v. Neafus

ROBERT M. COLEMAN, Special Commissioner.

The appellee, Roy Neafus, was both Clerk and Master Commissioner of the Meade Circuit Court in the years 1960,1961, 1962 and 1963. In 1960, his combined fees from the two offices exceeded the constitutional limit of $7200.00 by $719.12. In 1961, the excess was $166.64. After an audit, he paid these sums to the county. On March 14, 1963, he filed this suit in the Meade Circuit Court seeking, according to the prayer of the complaint, a declaration, “whether his total compensation as Circuit Clerk and as Master Commissioner of the Meade Circuit Court is…