Ledbetter v. Dallas County

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

This is a suit by the plaintiff in error, the sheriff of Dallas County, against Dallas County, to recover for services of guards at the jail furnished by him. He alleged the necessity for extra guards, setting out the facts, and alleged they were provided by the authority and approval of the Commissioners’ Court of said county, but that his claims when presented to the auditor of Dallas County had been by him rejected and disapproved. He sued also for the services of an extra deputy sheriff in attendance upon the Criminal District Court of Dallas County. He alleged…