Hartwell v. Supervisors of Waukesha County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for 'Waukesha County. The defendant board appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor. Tbe case is sufficiently stated in tbe opinion. argued that tbe' sheriff bad power under tbe statute (Tay.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for 'Waukesha County. The defendant board appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor. Tbe case is sufficiently stated in tbe opinion. argued that tbe' sheriff bad power under tbe statute (Tay. Stats., cb. 13, § 147, p. 321) to appoint a jailer, and, if be bad done so, tbe statute having fixed no compensation for the jailer, the county would be liable to reimburse the sheriff for all reasonable amounts paid tbe jailer for bis services; but that, as the sheriff and his deputy themselves, in this case, did all the work of jailer, and as the compensation of those…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
In this case the sheriff charged the county for the services and board of a turnkey, or deputy sheriff, who took charge of the county jail and performed the duties of jailer. The county board disallowed the claim, and an appeal was taken to the circuit court, where the sheriff obtained a judgment for the amount of his claim. Exceptions were taken on the part of the county to various rulings of the court below, which, from the view we have taken of the case, need not be specifically noticed.
The statute provides that the sheriff shall have the charge and custody ,of the jails of his county, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crocker v. Supervisors of Brown CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Board of Commissioners v. GreshamIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Parsons v. Waukesha CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- McCumber v. Waukesha CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
- Cutts v. Rock CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883