Hickman County v. Jackson

Opinion oe the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Reversing.

Mitt Jackson, tlie jailer of Hickman County, presented to the fiscal court for allowance a claim which may be summed up as follows:

To attending 96 trials of Commonwealth cases before the county judge at $2 a day..............$192

One civil case of Porter v. Beaver................. 2

Attending quarterly court six days............... 12

Attending county court seven days................ 14

For- this claim the fiscal court allowed him $22, and he appealed from the order of the fiscal court to the Hickman Circuit Court. In the circuit court upon a…