People ex rel. Krug v. Rainey

Citations

• 89 Ill. 34

Syllabus

<p>Officer—taking illegal fees. A constable not being bound by law t.o go out of his county t.o arrest one charged, with crime, if he makes a special agreement with one to do so for an amount in excess of the statutory fees allowed, he is not liable to the penalty given by statute for taking illegal fees, when such sum is voluntarily paid, but it would be otherwise if he should coerce payment.</p>