Lane v. Coos County

.By tlie Court,

Lord, C. J., Watson, L,

concurring:

This was an action upon a written submission made by the parties, the object of which was to ascertain whether the plaintiff, as sheriff of Coos county, the defendant in this action, is entitled to the per centum prescribed by the revenue act for the collection of taxes during a certain period alleged in the submission. The inquiry arises out of an act passed at' the last session of the legislature providing compensation to the sheriffs and clerks of certain counties therein enumerated, which was subsequently declared void by this court. From…