Board of Commissioners v. Benson

The appellee presented a claim to the board of commissioners of Harrison county, which -the board rejected. In the circuit court, to which he appealed, the appellee filed an amended complaint, to which the appellant demurred for want of facts. The court overruled the demurrer, and, after a trial, resulting in a verdict for the defendant, which, on motion, the court set aside, there was a change of venue to-Crawford county, where the appellee recovered a judgment. The principal question in the case arises upon the ruling on the demurrer to the complaint.

The substance of the complaint is that…