Herbert v. County Commissioners

This is a novel suit, but the questions presented are, we think, free from difficulty, for they may be briefly disposed of by appealing to principles which have been frequently announced by decisions of this and other Courts.

The facts out of which this controversy arises are as follows : The plaintiff is a Justice of the Peace for Baltimore County, duly commissioned and qualified. Shortly before the institution of this suit, the plaintiff presented his account against the County Commissioners for his services in criminal cases ; the commissioners refused to pay him the amount he claimed, but…