Stearns v. Vincent

Plaintiff, justice of the peace at Jackson, instituted mandamus, September 9, 1922,' to compel the defendant, county clerk, to draw a warrant for certain fees claimed to be due him for services for trying criminal cases during certain months of 1922. The claim had been examined, audited and allowed by the board of supervisors. Section 24, tit. 5, Act No. 399, Local Acts 1905, entitled “An act to revise the charter of the city of Jackson,” etc., provides:

“Said justice of the peace, to be elected in nineteen hundred and seven and thereafter, shall receive from the treasurer of the city an…