Board of Comm'rs v. Reissner

Action by the appellee, against the appellant, to recover the value of certain candles, brooms, mops and coal, purchased by the plaintiff as sheriff of the county, for the use of the jail thereof, necessary therefor and used thei’ein, during the year 1875, amounting to one hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents.

Trial by the court; special finding, and judgment for plaintiff at special term; affirmed at general term.

The question arising in the case, as stated in the opinion of the court below at general term, is, whether a county sheriff is entitled to recover from the county for mops,…