Murray v. Derrick

Although the record certified to us under the present writ of error is in a state of almost inextricable confusion, we are yet, after diligent and patient effort, enabled to glean from it the following as a substantial statement of the facts upon which the trial judge decided the question now under review. On August 31, 1894, during term, a rule nisi was granted, calling upon J. E. Derrick, a justice of the peace, to show cause why he should not pay over to J. T. Murray, a constable, the sum of $25.80, alleged to have been collected as costs in certain named cases, to which Murray claimed…