Arrington v. Van Houton

This is a controversy arising out of a demand for the payment of conflicting claims, by the county treasurer of Barbour county.

On the conviction of one John Smith, in the Barbour circuit court, at the spring term thereof, 1866, on a charge of assault and battery, the appellant Arrington, as solicitor of said circuit in which Barbour county, in this State, is included, became entitled to a solicitor’s fee of fifteen dollars, which was taxed in the costs against said Smith. Execution was issued against Smith, and returned “ no property found,” at the fall term of said court after said…