Board of Commissioners v. Potts

Potts presented his claim to the appellants for allowance for extra services as sheriff of said county. The appellants allowed about one-third of the claim; the residue was not allowed. Potts appealed to the Circuit Court. The commissioners there moved to dismiss the suit, and also to dismiss the appeal, each of which motions was overruled. These rulings of the Court are assigned as errors.

It is urged that the board of commissioners had no jurisdiction, nor had the Circuit Court, to consider, hear and determine anything in reference to the claim filed by Potts; because it was not subscribed…