Union County v. Patton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union county; the Hon. M. C. Crawford, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding originally commenced by William B. Patton, in the county court of Union county, to recover of the county certain fees which he claimed as keeper of the jail of the county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union county; the Hon. M. C. Crawford, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding originally commenced by William B. Patton, in the county court of Union county, to recover of the county certain fees which he claimed as keeper of the jail of the county. Upon a trial in the circuit court, to which an appeal was prosecuted from the judgment of the county court, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Patton of $811.60, upon which the court entered judgment. The county appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
The law of 1865, by authority of which the judgment was rendered in this case, was a special law to regulate the compensation of sheriffs in certain counties. Sess. Laws 1865, p. 69.
The latter clause of section 11 of article 10 of the constitution of 1870 is an express repeal of it. The language is too plain to admit of construction. It is: “All fees established by special laws shall cease at the adoption of this constitution.”
For services rendered after the adoption of the constitution, officers were remitted to the general laws.
It is contended that section 11 has application only to…
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