Brissenden v. County of Clay

This was an action of debt, brought by William Brissenden, against the county of Clay, to recover a certain sum of money paid out by him, while acting as county clerk, for necessary clerk hire for a period of three years, from the first Monday of December, 1890, to the first Monday of December, 1893. The cause was heard in the circuit court upon an agreed statement of facts, a jury having been waived by the parties, and upon the evidence introduced the court entered judgment for the defendant, to reverse which plaintiff appealed.

Prom the facts as agreed upon it appears that the board of…