Board of County Commissioners v. Wood

F. D. Wood, the appellee, who was a justice of the peace in Otero county, presented to the board of county commissioners a bill for his fees and charges in the trial of a misdemeanor case in his court. The claim was disallowed, and thereupon he appealed to the district court. The county ah torney on behalf of the county filed a motion for the dismissal of the appeal on the ground that the district court was without jurisdiction to review the action of the commissioners. The motion was denied, and the county electing to stand by it, judgment was rendered in favor of the appellee. There is no…