Decatur County v. Townsend

Plaintiff sued Decatur county for eleven and a half days services as a copyist, alleged to be worth $35. The petition alleges that the services were rendered to the county board of tax-assessors, and the claim was approved by the chairman of that board; that a demand for payment was made on the county commissioners and refused; and that the amount is a just charge against the county and should be paid out of the county funds as other expenses are paid. The defendant demurred to the petition, upon the ground that no cause of action was set out. The court overruled the demurrer, and to this…