Board of Commissioners v. Wood

The appellee is an attorney at law, and ■was appointed by an order of the circuit court of Fountain county, to assist in the defense of a person charged with the «crime of murder. For this service he presented his claim to the board of commissioners in the sum of three hundred dollars. The board allowed one hundred and fifty dollars, and refused to allow any more. Wood appealed to the common pleas, where he amended his claim by increasing the amount to five hundred dollars. The commissioners demurred to the complaint, or claim, and their demurrer was overruled. They then filed a general…