State ex rel. Bolt v. Drummond
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County to the Conrt of Civil Appeals and hy certiorari from the Conrt of Civil Appeals to the Snpreme Conrt. — Will D. Weight, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan
This case was before the chancellor on the demurrer of Knox county to the original and amended hill of the sheriff, seeking in his right as jailer of that county a decree for turnkey fees, and compensation for food, water, and bedding furnished hy him to certain prisoners lawfully committed to jail, and who there remained until lawfully discharged.
The questions raised hy the demurrer are two: First, whether chapter 20, Acts 1897, known as the “Jarvis Law,” extinguished the liability of the State or any county thereof for turnkey fees; second, *273whether that act extinguished the liability of the…
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