Kershaw County v. Town of Camden

Citations

• 33 S.C. 140
• 11 S.E. 635
• 1890 S.C. LEXIS 107

Syllabus

<p>The intendant of a town, under the authority of a statute, committed to the county jail persons convicted of violations of the town ordinances, and for foui’years the jail fees for these prisoners were presented by the sheriff to the county commissioners, who paid them without the knowledge or authority of the town council. In action by the county commissioners against the town council to recover the amount so paid by them on account of these jail fees, held, that the payment was purely voluntary and therefore could not be recovered.</p>