Irvin v. County of Alexander

This was an agreed case, submitted to the'Alexander circuit court, on facts admitted to be true : that plaintiff was and had been sheriff of that county since the 1st of December, 1871. As such sheriff, he had, previous to the time of trial, conveyed from that county to the insane hospital at Jacksonville four persons: that the distance, in going to and returning from the hospital with such persons, was 572 miles, and the necessary time employed in going and returning was three days; that it was necessary for plaintiff to take with him one assistant in conveying two of the persons; and he is…