Goff v. Douglas County
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Douglas county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action by John Goff, sheriff of Douglas county, against that county, for moneys paid by him to a person appointed by him to exercise the duties of jailer. The case is stated in a special count in the declaration.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Douglas county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action by John Goff, sheriff of Douglas county, against that county, for moneys paid by him to a person appointed by him to exercise the duties of jailer. The case is stated in a special count in the declaration. It is therein alleged “that plaintiff, at various times, from May 5, 1888, to December 3, 1888, paid to J. C. Cutler $212, and also, at various times, from December 3, 1888, to March 4, 1889,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
We are unable to distinguish this case, in principle, from Seibert v. Logan County, 63 Ill. 156, where the facts were the same that they are here. The decision there is expressly upon the ground that the appointment of a jailer is decretionary with the sheriff, and, when appointed, he is but the deputy of the sheriff, and accountable to the sheriff. (See, also, Union County v. Patton, 63 Ill. 458.) The statute affecting this question has undergone no material change since that case was decided. See 1 Gross’ Comp. 1873, chap. 55, sec. 2; 2 Starr & Curtis, chap. 75, secs. 2, 3, p. 1372.
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