Deissner v. Waukesha County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: John R. Bennett, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was sheriff of Waukesha county, Wisconsin, in the years 1893 and 1894. He filed a bill against his county for services and for board and washing furnished prisoners. The charges for board and washing aggregated $6,667.50, and was made on a basis of thirty-five cents per day for each prisoner confined in jail.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: John R. Bennett, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff was sheriff of Waukesha county, Wisconsin, in the years 1893 and 1894. He filed a bill against his county for services and for board and washing furnished prisoners. The charges for board and washing aggregated $6,667.50, and was made on a basis of thirty-five cents per day for each prisoner confined in jail. This charge was allowed by the board at twenty-five cents per day, and from their action in that regard plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. The venue was changed to the circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtMaesiiall, J.
In Doty v. Sauk Co. 93 Wis. 102, this court held that under secs. 4947, 4950, E. S., a sheriff is entitled to the actual expenses w’hich he incurs in maintaining prisoners, including the cost of materials, used for food and of preparing and serving the same, but no allowance for his personal services. It is contended on the part of the defendant that that case rules this. Here, as there, in respect to the expenditures for board of prisoners, the sheriff failed to keep any accounts, and did not pretend to know how much he had expended. At best, on the evidence, the court could only guess at…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Parsons v. Waukesha CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Bell v. Fond du Lac CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Nickell v. Waukesha CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Doty v. Sauk CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- City of Milwaukee v. Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965