Seibert v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. Adam Seibert, having been appointed by Hiram L. Pierce, the sheriff of Logan county, to act as jailor of the county at a compensation of $40 per month, and having served in that capacity for the period of nine months, presented his account for such services, amounting to $360, to the board of supervisors of the county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. Adam Seibert, having been appointed by Hiram L. Pierce, the sheriff of Logan county, to act as jailor of the county at a compensation of $40 per month, and having served in that capacity for the period of nine months, presented his account for such services, amounting to $360, to the board of supervisors of the county. That body refused to allow the claim, whereupon Seibert took the case, by appeal, to the circuit court, where a trial was had resulting in a judgment against Seibert for costs. He now…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
There is but one question made on this record, and it is not difficult of solution. It is this : A keeper of a jail, being appointed by the sheriff of a county at a certain rate of wages per month, promised by the sheriff, is the county, in which the jail is, responsible for his wages?
The answer is found in the plain reading of the statute. It is in these words: The sheriff of each county in this State shall have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail within the county, and of all prisoners in such jail, and may appoint a jailor under him and remove him at pleasure, for whose…
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