Peck v. Board of Supervisors

This is an application for a mandamus to compel the payment of claims made by the relator against' the county of Kent. The issues are presented by demurrer, so that the facts stand admitted.

•The relator was sheriff of the county of Kent for the four years immediately preceding the first day of January, 1881. After his retirement from the office he presented to the board of supervisors two claims against the county, which were rejected by the board, and which are now the subject of this proceeding.

The first claim is for the board of one Babcock, a night watchman at the jail, from September 1,…