Board of Commissioners v. Fischer

The appellee presented to the appellant an account or claim for services rendered by him as overseer of the poor. The appellant made an order to the effect that the claim should not be allowed, and from this order the claimant, *140Fischer, appealed to the circuit court of the county. There, the appellant demurred to the appellee’s claim or account, for the want of sufficient facts therein to constitute a cause of action, which demurrer was overruled by the court, and to this ruling appellant excepted. An answer was then filed in two paragraphs, to wit: 1. A general denial; and, 2. Payment in…