Flinn v. Prairie County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Northern District. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. The county court has original jurisdiction of all demands against the county, and the claim was properly presented to it for allowance, even though for expenses or charges for services in the circuit court. 47 Ark. 80; Const. 1874, art. 7, sec. 28; Mansf. Dig. sec. 1407. Contingent expenses of the circuit court form no exception to the rule. Mansf.
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Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Northern District. Grant Green, Jr., Judge. The county court has original jurisdiction of all demands against the county, and the claim was properly presented to it for allowance, even though for expenses or charges for services in the circuit court. 47 Ark. 80; Const. 1874, art. 7, sec. 28; Mansf. Dig. sec. 1407. Contingent expenses of the circuit court form no exception to the rule. Mansf. Dig. sec. 1488; 47 Ark. 85 ; 22 id. 595; 34 id. 684. It is true all officer’s fees are regulated by statute, and they can only demand a fee when authorized by law. 32…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
The appellant, B. W. Flinn, who is a physician, was summoned to testify on the part of the State, as an expert, in a criminal case pending in the Prairie circuit court. He obeyed the summons, but, on being called as a witness, he asked the court to allow him his fees as an expert before compelling him to testify. The court refused to make such allowance, and required him to testify. Flinn afterwards presented to the county court of said county a claim against the county for the sum of $150 for his attendance and testimony in said case. The court rejected his claim, and, on appeal to the…
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