Jobb v. County of Meagher
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Meagher County. F. K. Armstrong, Judge. Action by L. B. Jobb against the County of Meagher. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion.
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Appeal from District Court, Meagher County. F. K. Armstrong, Judge. Action by L. B. Jobb against the County of Meagher. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. This action was brought to recover §225, claimed to be due the plaintiff from defendant for services rendered by him as deputy sheriff and jailer of Meagher county, Montana, for the three months immediately preceding September 1, 1897, the facts being these : Plaintiff was on January 4, 1897, appointed by the sheriff of Meagher county to the office of deputy sheriff.…
1Opinion of the CourtRigott, J.
By this appeal the question is presented whether the board of county commissioners possesses the power to determine, within the maximum limits prescribed by law, the number and compensation of deputies allowed the sheriff. If the board has such power, the judgment of the trial court was right. We shall briefly review the legislation upon the subject.
The First Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana, by Section 4 of Article 4 of an act approved February 9, 1865, entitled “An act relating to counties and county officers, ’ ’ provided : ‘ ‘Each sheriff may appoint such and so many…
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