Mississippi County v. Moore
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Osceola District; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. No appeal Vas granted to the circuit court. Kirby’s Digest, § 1487. 2. There was no authority for any one to incur this expense in behalf of the county. Kirby’s Digest, § 1458; 102 Ark. 144.
1Opinion of the CourtHabt, J.
In July, 1915, the sheriff of Mississippi county was killed in an effort to capture certain persons engaged in gamblihg and the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors on an island in the Mississippi River. Tony Hill, one of the persons captured, was badly wounded. W. H. Moore, a deputy sheriff who was in the raid, took Hill to his house and guarded him and filed a claim against the county for $120 for boarding and guarding him. The county refused to allow his claim and Moore filed an affidavit for appeal to the circuit court, but the record does not contain any order of the county court or of…
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