The state herald., 1895-04-26

not. Robinson says that the suits which
he hos brought against the county COM
missioners are to recover money which
they have knowingly and wilfully paid
themselves and others in violation OF law.
We are aware of the fac. that he claims
TO be judge OF law but by what rule of
law or line of reasoning he has establish
o | it as n fact, before proven IN court, that
these men, knowingly violated law is quite
n puz2ling question. If he had said that
he had satisfied himself that their actions
were IN violation of law and that they
were us well read in law us he himself is,
then we could have grasped his line OF
reasoning. He knows, II he IL judge
Of law and he claims to be, that iPnor-
ance Of the law protects no one and tha,
it is unnecessary for him to charge them
with knowingly violating law and we
move to strike out the word ''knowiugly'
MS snrplusage but of course the county
court will over-rdle the motion and may
even fine us for contempt He has figured
up the number OF days the county com
missioners have spent IN attendance up
on the meetings of the board aud asks
us il it is not fact that they have served
as county commissioners only the mum
Der Of days that they were actually in
session as board and have charged the
county for number of days that they
were not in session. This is more un.
fair and misleading statement Of his case
than even the Mail article which he 80
Indignantly denies having had anything
TO do with. fle wonld have tue readers
OF his article infer from bis statement
that the county commissioners have de.
liborately charged aud collected fioIn the
county pay for time which was not spent
ia performance OF work Tor the county,
while, in fact, he will not attempt to show
that the work was not performed but
thnt, us he claims. il was work OF such a
nature Us they are not entitled to pay for
pnas! y der he law. Kgewing. as he evident
missioneIs, IL 1t has any fourdaiion, Is
founded snlcly upon technical construc'
ton OF statute and not upon failure to
perform tho labor charged for, u fair
abatement OF the case, ii he desired to
mako one, would seem 10 demand thnt
he 40 state II and not use language that
would lead readers OF bis article 10 infer
that the work had not been done. Ia TO
gard to his statement that the court OF
appeals has decided that county tupsr-
iniendcnt cannot recover his per diem
and mileage for attending the state CON
ventiou of county snperintendeats oil
schools, we would say that, with all due
Robinson as judge OF law, there is still
a higher court in the state and that no
construction OF statute becomes an es-
tabli-hod precedent till passed upon by
thht higher court. Again, II We are cor
rectly informed, tho circumstances sur
rounding the case IA the appellate court
and RoDinson's Gaze against the commits
s,,n.,a .r, vary ,nnt.rin,,y different. He
.,,.,on,s IA sbor that the Mnil article
wns c,rrec, in stating that tho commits.
s,oners had reoe,yed over SjOl for their
seryi,os rende,.d i'm tho three frs.
months Of tho y.ar. and, in doing 40,
mnI,,s the ,ame m,stuke that the Mail
mnd.. N be wap,sto bo fair ia this mn,-
,., shopld tell In. ueopl. that he has
included In Inn, abatement about sloo
,h,, ,yoa oar,,l II, ID .sember and April
poh,,.,, .oema vary auxious for us 10
c,o h,m ,aa. inv benr,uy upon hi. case
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ago., "a .o,d,c, t,., law school for bis
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