Chafin v. Waukesha County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waukesha County. Action to recover fees for services performed by the plaintiff as a justice of the peace in the defendant county.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waukesha County. Action to recover fees for services performed by the plaintiff as a justice of the peace in the defendant county. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “ On the trial the circuit court found, as matters of fact, that the plaintiff was elected a justice of the peace by the town of Waukesha, and held that office from November 1, 1882, to May 1,1883, and as such performed services during that time in trying cases for drunkenness occurring in the village of Waukesha, in violation of sec. 1561, R. S., under which the same were…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The claim for $41.84 and the claim for $5.32 are each for fees accruing to the plaintiff as a justice of the peace, on prosecutions in the name of the state under sec. 1561, R. S. By sec. 679, R. S., the plaintiff, as justice, was required, on or before the first Monday of November in each year, to forward to the county clerk a correct statement of all actions or proceedings had before him, during *465the year next preceding, in which the county had become liable for costs; the amount of costs in detail in each case; and what items, if any, had been paid, and the amount thereof. The same section…
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