South Dakota Supreme Court July 2, 1902 (Loomis v. Brown County)

Corson, J.

The plaintiff filed his petition with the board of county commissioners of Brown county, in which he alleged, in substance, that during the years 1891 and 1892 S. H. Cranmer was the duly elected and acting state’s attorney for said Brown county; that on the 17th day of August, 1891, the said Brown county was justly indebted to one J. W. Reed in the sum of $9.