Smith v. State Ex Rel. Thomas

— In this case the only question presented is one of law, vis.: Is a sheriff under the provisions of a statute fixing the sheriff’s' compensation for feeding prisoners at “sixty-five (65) cents per day each” entitled to charge and collect the sum of sixty-five cents for each day and compute a substantial fraction of a day as a day for such purpose?

The weight of authority supports the view that where a prisoner is kept in jail and fed for a substantial portion of a day the sheriff is entitled to pay for the full day. See 50 C. J. 361; Dallas County v. Reynolds (Texas C. A.), 199 S. W. 702;…