Wood v. State ex rel. Canady

— The question which this case presents may be thus stated : Is a prosecuting attorney who obtains judgment on the relation of a county auditor upon the official bond of a defaulting county treasurer entitled to a lien upon that judgment to secure his statutory fee ?

*220Filed Sept. 26, 1890.

We have decided that a prosecuting attorney who carries to judgment an action upon the bond of a county treasurer is entitled to the compensation fixed by the statute, so that the question here involved is as to his right to secure his compensation by a lien. Wood v. Board, etc., post, p. 270,

An officer who…