Denio v. State ex rel. Warren County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Warren Cowan, Judge. In the fall of 1875 Herman Denio was elected to the office of clerk of the Circuit Court of Warren County, for the term of four years, commencing on the first Monday in January, 1876. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he gave a bond, as prescribed by the general law.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Warren Cowan, Judge. In the fall of 1875 Herman Denio was elected to the office of clerk of the Circuit Court of Warren County, for the term of four years, commencing on the first Monday in January, 1876. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he gave a bond, as prescribed by the general law. By an act, entitled “ An act to make the county of Warren, in this State, a separate circuit and chancery court district, and to provide for the paying the expenses of the court therein ; ” approved April 11,1876 (Acts 1876, p. 237), and to…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The act entitled “An act to make the county of Warren, in this State, a separate circuit and chancery court district, and to provide for defraying the expenses of the courts therein,” approved, April 11, 1876 (Acts 1886, p. 237), in its provision for payment to the clerks of said courts of the license fees of attorneys and solicitors, and docket fees, added to those offices duties different in their nature from the duties .'of the offices at the time of the execution of the bond sued on, and these added duties were not embraced by the *952bond executed before the act was passed, although it…
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