STANLEY, Commissioner.
This is an action by Webster County to recover of R. T. Nance sums collected by him as a justice of the peace during the years 1954 through 1957 in excess of $5,000 per year.
The fiscal court had set a per diem fee of $15 for magistrates' attendance upon each of its meetings, but did not place a limitation on their total compensation. The maximum compensation was, therefore, that which had been previously fixed before the term of office...
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