48 P. 693 | Or. | 1897
Opinion by
This is an action against Marion County to recover a balance of $290, alleged to be due the plaintiffs for printing election ballots. The plaintiffs allege in their complaint that in May, 1894, they were employed
By section 47 of what is commonly known as the “Australian Ballot Law” (Laws of 1891, p. 23) it is provided that “the county clerk of each county shall cause to be printed according to law all the ballots required under the provisions of this act, and shall furnish the same in the manner hereinafter provided for the use of all electors in the county,” and section 20 (Laws of 1891, p. 14) provides that “each county court shall audit and pay out of the county treasury such fees as the services performed by the county clerk and the sheriff, under this act, are, in the judgment of the county court, reasonably worth; also such other necessary expenses as are incurred by such officers in carrying out the provisions of this
It is next claimed that the plaintiffs are estopped from maintaining this action because they have accepted a part payment on their claim, and several authorities are cited to the effect that where one who has a claim against a county presents it to the county court for allowance, and it is allowed in part, and rejected as to the residue, and the claimant, knowing of such action, accepts the amount allowed, such acceptance will be considered satisfaction of the whole: Brick v. Plymouth County, 63 Iowa 462 (19 N. W. 304); Board of Commissioners v. Seawell, 3 Okl. 281 (41 Pac. 592). But the allegations of the complaint do not bring the cause within this rule; it simply avers that the claim was presented to the county court for payment, and that subsequently the sum of $410 was paid thereon. This is not sufficient under the rule contended for to create a presumption that the payment was either
Reversed.