Bradley v. Esmeralda County
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by J. F. Bradley against Esmeralda County. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The Esmeralda salary act of 1905 does not allow the sheriff, as ex officio license collector, any commissions for the collection of licenses.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by J. F. Bradley against Esmeralda County. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. The Esmeralda salary act of 1905 does not allow the sheriff, as ex officio license collector, any commissions for the collection of licenses. The first and most important question is whether the plaintiff was entitled to reserve and retain, as ex officio license collector of defendant county, six per cent of the amount…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, C. J:
This is an action brought by the above-named respondent against the County of Esmeralda to recover a judgment in the sum of $4,565.75. The case was tried by the court without a jury, and a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $3,203.65.. From this judgment the defendant county has appealed.
The respondent, at all times mentioned in the complaint, was the sheriff of Esmeralda County, and the only questions involved in the action relate to the compensation which the respondent was legally entitled to by virtue of his office of sheriff and certain…
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