18 Johns. 242 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1820
delivered the opinion of the Court. The plaintiff was clerk of the county of Chenango, and had purchased books for recording deeds and for the entry of common rules, and had rendered other services as clerk, for which no specific compensation is provided by law. By the statute (2 N. R. L. 137. sess. 36. ch. 49. s. 1.) the supervisors are directed “ To examine, settle, and allow all accounts chargeable against the county, and ascertain what sum ought to be raised for the payment thereof, ”
It is admitted that the plaintiff has advanced his money for the books, and performed the services, as charged; the