Board of Commissioners v. Moore

One Arthur Smith was indicted in Vigo County on the. charge of murder. A change of venue was taken from Vigo County, and the case was sent to Clay County, where it was tried. The judge of the Clay Circuit Court appointed appellee herein as attorney to defend said Arthur Smith, as a poor person.

Appellee herein accepted said appointment and successfully defended the said Arthur Smith and afterward filed a complaint in the Vigo Circuit Court, wherein the members of the board of commissioners of Vigo County were made party defendants to answer as to the county’s interests therein and wherein the…