Wolfe v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 82 Kan. 516
• 108 P. 833
• 1910 Kan. LEXIS 290

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Clerk op the District Court — Fees and Salary. Under the ’ provision of section 3030 of the General Statutes of 1901 (Laws 1899, ch. 141, §1), a clerk of the district court in a ■ county having a population of more than 20,000 and not more than 30,000 is entitled to receive all the fees. of his office charged and collected for services rendered by him, if such fees do not exceed the amount of $1400 per annum; if they do exceed that amount, then he is entitled to receive one-half of the additional fees charged for services rendered by him.</p> <p>2. --Fees Collected by Successor. In such a county the clerk retired from office at the expiration of his term. He had received the sum of $1400 per annum during the time he was in office. He left a large amount of fees charged upon the books of his office for services rendered by him. These fees were collected by his successor from time to time, and paid to the county treasurer. Held, that one-half of such fees belong to the retiring clerk and one-half thereof to the county.</p>