Case Name: The State ex rel. Ensign v. Root, Aud'r
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1889-06-18
Citations: 46 Ohio St. 510
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State ex rel. Ensign v. Root, Aud’r.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 46
Pages: 510–511

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Ensign v. Root, Aud’r.
Sheriff’s fees for venire for jury — Section 1230, Rev. Stats., construed.
(Decided June 18, 1889.)
Error to the Circuit Court of Lorain County.
P. IT. Boynton, for plaintiff in error.
E. G. Johnson, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Section 1230, Rev. Stats. (77 Ohio L. 116), relating to compensation to sheriffs, which provides that they shall receive for " serving and returning venire for petit or grand jury, traveling fees included, to be paid by the county, four dollars and fifty cents; or summoning a jury, to be allowed on each issue, including traveling fees, forty cents; summoning a special jury, including traveling fees, four dollars and fifty cents," authorizes payment by the county of four dollars and fifty cents to the sheriff for the service and return of each venire for a regular petit jury, or a grand jury, or a special jury, but does not authorize payment by the county for the service and return of a special venire for jurors to fill up the panel.
Judgment affirmed.