Flint v. Mitchell

This is a class action by Isaac B. Flint, a taxpayer of Lancaster County, Nebraska, in his own behalf and *245all others similarly, situated, plaintiff and appellant, against Clinton J. Mitchell and others, county commissioners of Lancaster County, Nebraska, defendants and appellees, the purpose of which is to enjoin the defendants from the direction of payment out of the funds of the county to Myles Holloway, sheriff of said county, of a fee of $1.50 per day for the days when there are prisoners in the county jail, for acting as jailer.

A trial was had to the court which resulted in a decision…