County Commissioners v. Melvin

This case is entirely free from difficulty. Whilst the pleadings are very informal and inartificial, the question intended to be raised by them is sufficiently disclosed to enable us to consider and to dispose of it. The facts are these : The appellee was appointed by the Circuit Court for Worcester County to defend a prisoner who had been indicted by the grand jury of that county for the crime of murder. The service was rendered by the appellee and he charged the county the sum of fifty dollars therefor. His account against the county for this sum was certified to and approved by one of the…