19-232.   Unauthorized fees or costs; action to recover; penalty andattorney's fee.All fees, costs or other allowances, or any fees obtained from orallowed against any county, when the same are not authorized by law, andnot refunded on demand, may be recovered back in a civil action, in thename of the proper county, in any court of competent jurisdiction; and onthe rendering of the judgment in any such case, the court rendering thesame shall add one hundred percent (100%) to the same, to go to the county,and also a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) if in the district court, to goto the county attorney or other person prosecuting the same.

      History:   G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 39; R.S. 1923, 19-232;L. 1973, ch. 134, § 4; July 1, 1974.