Mills v. Lantrip

OpinioN of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

The appellant, Will T. Mills, was clerk of the Hopkins county court from January, 1906, to January, 1914 On August 24, 1914, appellees, twenty-one in number, who were taxpayers and citizens of Hopkins county, brought this suit against appellant to recover of him for the benefit of all the citizens and taxpayers of said county the sum of $1,888.91, alleged to have been illegally allowed and paid to him by the fiscal court for his services during the time he was county clerk as aforesaid.

In the petition the fees alleged to have been paid to appellant…