Dismukes v. Board of Supervisors

Mississippi Supreme Court
Dismukes v. Board of Supervisors, 58 Miss. 612 (Miss. 1881)
Campbell

Dismukes v. Board of Supervisors

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The counsel assigned by the court to a person indicted for a capital crime and unable to employ counsel is not entitled to charge for his services and recover their value from the county. The Boat’d of Supervisors could not lawfully allow such a demand. It is prohibited from appropriating the money that *614may come into the treasury of the county to any object not authorized by law, and there is no law authorizing an appropriation to this object.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
E. Dismukes v. Board of Supervisors of Noxubee County
Cited By
11 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Attormy-at-Law. Services under■ appointment of court in criminal case. Compensation. An attorney-at-law is not entitled to charge and recover from a county compensation for services rendered by him therein in defending, under the appointment of the Circuit Court, a person indicted for a capital crime and unable to employ counsel.