Bright v. Supervisors of the Chenango
New York Supreme Court
AT the last January term, on motion of the plaintiff, a ru^e was grantedi requiring the defendant to show cause, on ¿be first day of the next term, why a mandamus should not J , . -as issue, commanding them to allow the account of theplaintitt as a legal charge against the county, &c. the board of supervisors having refused to allow it.
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AT the last January term, on motion of the plaintiff, a ru^e was grantedi requiring the defendant to show cause, on ¿be first day of the next term, why a mandamus should not J , . -as issue, commanding them to allow the account of theplaintitt as a legal charge against the county, &c. the board of supervisors having refused to allow it. The plaintiff was clerk of the county, and had purchased books for recording deeds and mortgages, and for the entry of common rules of the Court of Common Pleas, and performed other services required of him by law as clerk, as sending notices to judges and…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodworth, J.
The plaintiff was clerk of the county of Chenango, and had purchased books for recording deeds and for the entry of common rules, and had rendered other services as clerk, for which no specific compensation is provided by law. By the statute (2 N. R. L. 137. sess. 36. ch. 49. s. 1.) the supervisors are directed “ To examine, settle, and allow all accounts chargeable against the county, and ascertain what sum ought to be raised for the payment thereof, ”
It is admitted that the plaintiff has advanced his money for the books, and performed the services, as charged; the *244claim for compensation, is…
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