Case Name: Wardwell v. Jones, & County of Rockingham, Tr.
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1878-06
Citations: 58 N.H. 305
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wardwell v. Jones, & County of Rockingham, Tr.
Judges: Bingham, J., did not sit.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 305–306

Head Matter:
Wardwell v. Jones, & County of Rockingham, Tr.
Under the General Statutes, the fees of a juror due him from the county are attachable on trustee process.
Foreign Attachment. The court reserved the question, whether the county is chargeable as trustee for juror’s fees due the defendant.
Rollins, for the plaintiff.
Frink, for the defendant and the trustee.

Opinion:
Doe, C. J.
Juror's fees, due the defendant from the county, are money, rights, or credits of the defendant in the possession of the county, within the meaning of Gen. St., c. 230, s. 28, and the county is chargeable therefor. Whidden v. Drake, 5 N. H. 13; Woodbridge v. Morse, 5 N. H. 519; Wendell v. Pierce, 13 N. H. 502; Palmer v. Noyes, 45 N. H. 174; Fogg v. Worster, 49 N. H. 503.
Case discharged.
Bingham, J., did not sit.