Connerly v. Lincoln County

Citations

• 99 Miss. 731
• 55 So. 963

Syllabus

<p>1. Justice of the Peace. Fees. Code 1906, section 2182, paragraph V.</p> <p>Under paragraph V, section 2182, Code 1906, providing that justice of the peace shall receive “for sendees as conservators of the peace and for examination of cases of persons charged with felony, to be paid out of the county treasury on the allowance of the board of supervisors, on a detailed fee-bill in each case, annually a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.” Held, that a justice of the peace cannot charge a lump sum for services as conservator of the peace and can only recover for the fees actually earned, as shown by a detailed fee-bill, and each item charged in such detailed fee-bill must be specifically authorized by some statute.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>Under this statute a justice of the peace can never recover more than fifty dollars in any one year and his fees may amount to much less.</p>