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  "id": 1907436,
  "name": "Prairie County v. Vaughan",
  "name_abbreviation": "Prairie County v. Vaughan",
  "decision_date": "1897-06-19",
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  "first_page": "203",
  "last_page": "204",
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      "cite": "64 Ark. 203"
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    "id": 8808,
    "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court"
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      "cite": "32 Ark. 45",
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    "judges": [
      "Absent Wood, J."
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    "parties": [
      "Prairie County v. Vaughan."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Battle, J.\nEmmet Vaughan, who was clerk of the circuit court, and ex-officio clerk of the county court, of the county of Prairie, presented to the county court of that county for allowance the following account for services rendered by him in his capacity of clerk:\n\u201cPrairie County in account with Emmet Vaughan, Clerk:\nTo taking 8 affidavits to county accounts...............$ 80\nTo filing 25 accounts against the court.................. 2 50\nTo filing 9 affidavits to county accounts............... 90\nTo filing 24 accounts against the county ............... 2 40\nTo filing 74 certificates to witness attendance ........... 7 40\nTo filing 18 grand jury witness certificates of attendance 1 80\nTo filing 30 collector\u2019s receipts........................ 3 00\u201d\nThe claim was rejected, and he appealed to the circuit court, where it was submitted to the court, sitting as a jury, upon the following agreed statement of facts:\n\u201cIt is agreed by Roberts & Willeford, attorneys for plaintiff, and Geo. M. Chapline and J. E. Gatewood, Jr., attorneys for defendant, that the first item in the account of plaintiff is for taking 8 affidavits to accounts of individuals against the county, and the service was rendered.\n\u201cThat the second item in plaintiff\u2019s account is for filing 25 accounts of individuals against the county, and the'service was rendered.\n\u201cThat the third item in plaintiff\u2019s \u2019 account is for filing 9 affidavits to accounts of individuals against the county, and the service was rendered.\n\u201cThat the fourth item in plaintiff\u2019s account is for filing 24 accounts of individuals against the county, and the service was rendered.\n\u201cThat the fifth item in plaintiff\u2019s account is for filing 74 certificat\u00f3s of witness attendance, and the service was rendered.\n\u201c That the sixth item in plaintiff\u2019s account is for filing 18 grand jury witness certificates of attendance, and the service was rendered.\n\u201c That the seventh item in plaintiff\u2019s account is for filing 30 collector\u2019s receipts, and the service was rendered.\u201d\nThe court found in favor of Vaughan as to the second and fourth items of the account, rendered judgment against the county therefor, and disallowed the remainder. The county excepted to the finding of the court as to the second and fourth items, filed a motion for a new trial, \u201ctook a bill of exceptions,\u201d and appealed.\nThe judgment of the circuit court is questioned only as to the second and fourth items of the account. These items are for fees for filing accounts of claimants for allowance. The filing was at the instance and for the benefit of the claimants, and they alone are liable to appellee for the same. If the county could be held or made liable for costs in such cases, the claimants are the only persons who could recover a judgment.or allowance against the county for the fee, and they could only in the event their claims were allowed. There was no contract between the county and appellee, express or implied, or statute, by which the former could be made directly liable therefor to the latter. In no event was he entitled to a judgment against the county for the fee, and his claim therefor should be disallowed, and it is so ordered.\nAbsent Wood, J.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Battle, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Geo. M. Chapline, for appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Prairie County v. Vaughan.\nOpinion delivered June 19, 1897.\nCounty Clerk\u2014Pees,\u2014A county is not liable to the county clerk for his fees for filing the accounts of claimants against the county. (Page 204.)\nAppeal from Prairie Circuit Court, Northern District.\nJames S. Thomas, Judge.\nGeo. M. Chapline, for appellant.\nThe county is not liable for the fees claimed. If any one is, the person who filed the claim is liable, not the county. Sand. & H. Dig., \u00a7 3309;' 32 Ark. 45; 57 id. 487."
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  "file_name": "0203-01",
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