Cornutt v. Clay County

LESLIE, Justice.

This suit was instituted by W. E. Comutt against Olay county to recover $375 alleged to be due him by the county for the use of a truck owned by him and used by him for the benefit of the county in the construction and maintenance of the public roads while he was a county commissioner of that county. The facts were fully alleged disclosing, in substance, that the truck was so used for the purposes mentioned, and that the use thereof was fully known to the county judge and other commissioners. The pleadings further show that the claim was presented to the court after the…