Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1914 — Sues For Serving Sammons [ARTICLE]

Sues For Serving Sammons

It is stated that Samuel W. Harter, former sheriff of Boone county, will bring action in the neap future to recover mileage fees on all summonses, subpoenas, etc., served while he was sheriff. The suit is backed by the sheriff’s association of Indiana, and is to be a test case to determine whether the sheriffs have the right to make mileage charges in serving summonses, etc. It is understood that a Similar suit wfi-l be filed in Greenfield. The attorneys who will appear for Mr. Harter, it is understood, will include Charles W, IMiller, former district attorney, Henry M. Dowling, Judge Roby and L. Ert Slack. If the case is lost in the lower court it is the intention to appeal to the supreme court If the right'to these fees is upheld it means that the counties of Indiana will have to 'pay but thousands of dollars to former sheriffs and present sheriffs.