State Ex Rel. Davidson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

Action to recover the balance of a commission alleged to be due plaintiff as ex officio County Collector of Dunklin County on the collection of taxes assessed against defendant in said county for the year 1931.

In substance, the petition alleged that Dunklin County was under township .organization; that defendant owed $27,443.39 taxes assessed for .the year 1931; that said taxes remained unpaid on January-1, 1932, and became delinquent; that in May, 1932, defendant paid to plaintiff said taxes with accrued penalty thereon and $274.43 as commission due plaintiff and that said payments were…